梁王刘丽 / Liu Li, King of Liang

Overview

梁王刘丽 / Liu Li enters the wiki through Hanji 624 as a Western Han Liu-line king removed during 王莽’s late pre-usurpation administrative tightening. His case shows how royal status could become vulnerable once court politics linked a Liu relative to alleged remnants around 汉平帝.

Current Profile

The source says Liu Li was accused of colluding with members of Pingdi’s Wei-surname maternal or in-law network. The court strips him of the Liang kingship and exiles him to Nanzheng, after which he kills himself. In this episode, his death is not developed as an independent biography; it functions as part of a wider sequence of legal, territorial, and office rearrangements that the host reads through the “庸人自扰” frame.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han Liu-line royal titled King of Liang.
• Target of an accusation involving Pingdi’s Wei-family remnants.
• Removed from royal status and exiled to Nanzheng.
• Suicide case embedded in Wang Mang-era royal-house pressure.

Evidence

• Royal status: Hanji 624 identifies Liu Li as King of Liang.
• Accusation and punishment: Hanji 624 says he is accused of linking with Pingdi’s Wei-family remnants, then stripped of kingship and exiled to Nanzheng.
• Death: Hanji 624 says Liu Li dies by suicide after the punishment.

Qualifications

The source note does not settle the truth of the collusion accusation, Liu Li’s genealogy, the legal procedure behind the demotion, or the political role of the Wei-family remnants. The page therefore treats his case as source-scoped evidence of royal-house exposure, not as proof of actual conspiracy.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 624’s Liang-king demotion and exile branch.

Relationships

• 汉平帝 - reign context and source of the Wei-family-remnant accusation.
• 王莽 - dominant court figure in the administrative tightening around Liu Li’s fall.
• 西汉 - dynastic context for Liu Li’s royal status.
• 西海郡流放和法令增殖 - adjacent punitive-administrative burden in the same episode.
• 篡位后旧皇族收束 - later related pattern where Liu royal status is more systematically constrained.