刘如意 / Liu Ruyi
刘如意 / Liu Ruyi enters the wiki through Hanji 178 part 2 as 刘邦’s young son whom Liu Bang makes king of 代国 after 刘喜 flees the Xiongnu-linked attack.
The source does not yet develop Liu Ruyi’s later succession politics. Its immediate point is territorial: a vulnerable northern kingdom remains a Liu-family appointment, but the recipient changes from Liu Bang’s elder brother to a son after Liu Xi’s failure at the frontier.
Hanji 180 moves Liu Ruyi again, from Dai to the Zhao kingship after 张敖 is released but stripped of the title. The source uses the move as part of Liu Bang’s broader reduction of exposed or suspect non-Liu royal autonomy after the Guan Gao case.
Hanji 181 turns Liu Ruyi from a replacement Zhao king into 刘邦’s favored alternative heir. The episode says Liu Bang keeps him in Chang’an, sees him as more like himself than 刘盈, and considers replacing the crown prince with him. The source’s central point is that Liu Ruyi has neither a front-court bloc nor durable protection: 戚姬 / 戚夫人 can plead for him, and 周昌 is later sent to Zhao, but this still leaves him exposed under 备位继承人保护失灵.
Hanji 189 closes Liu Ruyi’s active replacement opportunity in this branch. Liu Bang still wants to make him crown prince, but 张良, 叔孙通, and 商山四皓 make the existing heir’s support too visible to overturn. Liu Ruyi remains the favored son, but the source shows no independent power base that could overcome Liu Ying’s established position.
Connections
- Hanji 189, 刘邦, 刘盈, 戚姬 / 戚夫人, 商山四皓, and 备位继承人保护失灵 - final failure of the favored-son replacement attempt.
- Hanji 181, 戚姬 / 戚夫人, 周昌, 刘盈, 吕雉, and 备位继承人保护失灵 - favored alternative-heir branch without durable protection.
- Hanji 180, 张敖, and 异姓诸侯王猜忌 - movement from Dai to Zhao after Zhang Ao’s demotion.
- Hanji 178 part 2 - source page.
- 刘邦 - father and grantor.
- 代国, 刘喜, and 匈奴 - northern kingship and replacement context.
- 同姓王分封 - broader early Han kinship-control strategy.