赵王刘遂 / Liu Sui, King of Zhao (Western Han)

Overview

赵王刘遂 / Liu Sui is the Zhao ruler whose defense of Handan forms the last armed-resistance branch in the current Seven States evidence.

Current Profile

Hanji 236 part 2 says Liu Sui withdraws to Handan and withstands 郦寄 for more than seven months. After 栾布 returns from Qi and joins the siege, the imperial forces divert river water into the city, the wall collapses, and Liu Sui dies by suicide. The source makes his death the end of Zhao’s resistance but does not supply a wider biography or independent account of his decision to rebel.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han king of Zhao in the Seven States crisis.
• Defender of Handan during a prolonged imperial siege.
• Opponent first of Li Ji and then of the combined Li Ji-Luan Bu force.
• Ruler whose suicide follows the hydraulic breach of the city in the episode’s account.

Evidence

Handan defense and death:

• Hanji 236 part 2 supplies the retreat, siege duration, combined command, flooding, wall collapse, and suicide sequence.

Qualifications

The current profile rests on one compact podcast summary. The siege chronology, river engineering, military forces, Liu Sui’s motives, and the circumstances of his death require comparison with transmitted records.

What Changed

• Established a bounded profile for Zhao’s final resistance and Liu Sui’s death.

Relationships

• 七国之乱 - uprising whose remaining Zhao campaign ends with Liu Sui’s death.
• 郦寄 - commander who conducts the prolonged first phase of the Handan siege.
• 栾布 - returning commander whose joined force precedes the city’s fall.
• 汉景帝 - emperor whose victory is consolidated by Zhao’s defeat.