齐王刘弘 / Liu Hong, Qi King (Western Han)

Overview

齐王刘弘 / Liu Hong enters the wiki through Hanji 362-2 as 汉武帝’s favored second son, granted the wealthy kingdom of Qi but dead in adolescence without an heir.

Current Profile

The episode presents Liu Hong as a brief royal-family notice rather than a developed political actor. Imperial favor gives him a rich territorial position, while early death and the absence of a son prevent that allocation from becoming a continuing lineage; Qi is consequently abolished.

Key Characteristics

• Identified by the episode as Han Wudi’s second son.
• Favored by his father and granted wealthy Qi as his kingdom.
• Given a generally positive but undeveloped reputation in the host’s account.
• Dies in adolescence without a son, ending the kingdom’s immediate line.

Evidence

Favor and enfeoffment:

• Hanji 362-2 says Han Wudi liked Liu Hong and assigned him the prosperous Qi territory.

Early death and succession outcome:

• Hanji 362-2 says Liu Hong died in his teens without a son and that the kingdom was abolished.

Qualifications

This profile is bounded to a short episode notice. It does not establish Liu Hong’s exact age, full dates, deeds, court role, maternal genealogy, the basis of the host’s positive reputation judgment, or the complete administrative history of Qi after his death.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 362-2’s compact favored-son, enfeoffment, and childless-death account.

Relationships

• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - father whose favor gives Liu Hong the Qi kingdom.
• 卜式 / Bu Shi (Western Han) - appears in the same 110 BCE episode sequence but has no direct relationship established by the source.
• Auspicious Omen Politics / 祥瑞政治 - same episode context in which family annals are recorded beside drought and celestial interpretation.