刘音 / Liu Yin (Fuchong Duke)

Overview

刘音 / Liu Yin enters the wiki through Hanji 636 as the former Jiaodong king later recast by 王莽 as Fuchong Duke, and as the Liu royal kinsman who refuses to join 刘快’s failed uprising.

Current Profile

Liu Yin’s current profile is a survival and appeasement case inside early 新朝 rule. The episode says Wang Mang preserves certain privileges for Liu royal kin, and Liu Yin’s conduct shows why that policy could matter: a former Han king has enough status to be dangerous, but also enough exposure to choose defensive compliance.

When Liu Kuai attacks Jimo, Liu Yin closes the city gates and imprisons himself. After the disturbance is suppressed, Wang Mang pardons him and enlarges his fief. The episode reads this as Liu Yin’s practical wisdom and as evidence that Wang Mang can still reward compliant Liu-line figures.

Key Characteristics

• Former Jiaodong king reclassified under Xin as Fuchong Duke.
• Liu royal kinsman positioned between old-dynasty identity and new-regime survival.
• Refuses to join Liu Kuai’s uprising.
• Uses self-imprisonment as a visible distancing tactic during the attack on Jimo.
• Receives pardon and enlarged fief after the rebellion fails.

Evidence

• Status transition: Hanji 636 identifies Liu Yin as the former Jiaodong king later titled Fuchong Duke under Wang Mang.
• Defensive refusal: Hanji 636 says Liu Yin shuts Jimo’s gates and imprisons himself when Liu Kuai attacks.
• Pardon and reward: Hanji 636 says Wang Mang pardons Liu Yin and expands his fief to ten thousand households and one hundred li square.
• Interpretive role: Hanji 636 uses Liu Yin as a contrast to Liu Kuai’s failed rebellion.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 636. It does not reconstruct Liu Yin’s full Jiaodong lineage, later career, local household base, or personal motives beyond the episode’s survival reading. The reward details remain source-scoped until corroborating notes add them.

What Changed

• Created Liu Yin as a source-scoped Liu royal-kinsman survival case under early Xin rule.
• Captured the contrast between Liu Yin’s defensive compliance and Liu Kuai’s failed uprising.

Relationships

• 刘快 - younger brother whose rebellion Liu Yin refuses to join.
• 王莽 - ruler who reclassifies, pardons, and rewards Liu Yin.
• 新朝 - regime whose appeasement of compliant Liu kin is visible in Liu Yin’s outcome.
• 西汉 - old dynastic identity behind Liu Yin’s political exposure.
• 篡位后合法性整合 - concept relationship because Liu Yin shows how appeasement and selective reward stabilize old royal kin.