刘喜 / Liu Xi (Dai king)

刘喜 / Liu Xi enters the wiki through Hanji 174 as 刘邦’s elder brother. In the episode’s founding settlement, Liu Bang makes him king of 代国, a northern kingdom assembled from Yunzhong, Yanmen, Dai, and related counties.

The page uses the suffix “Dai king” because “Liu Xi” is a common enough romanized name to need a stable semantic route. In this source, Liu Xi matters as a same-surname royal placeholder in the northern security map rather than as a fully developed character.

Hanji 178 part 2 gives Liu Xi’s Dai appointment an early failure. When Xiongnu and Han Wang Xin-linked forces attack Dai, Liu Xi flees. Liu Bang demotes him to Heyang marquis and gives Dai to 刘如意, turning Liu Xi into a case where kinship title does not guarantee frontier competence.

Connections

• Hanji 178 part 2, 刘如意, 韩王信, and 匈奴 - frontier attack, flight, demotion, and replacement.
• Hanji 174 - source page.
• 刘邦 - brother and grantor.
• 代国 and 匈奴 - northern kingdom and frontier-security setting.
• 刘贾, 刘交, and 刘肥 - other Liu-family royal grants in the same episode.
• 同姓王分封 - broader founding settlement concept.