东平王刘云 / Liu Yun, Dongping King (Western Han)

Overview

东平王刘云 / Liu Yun, Dongping King enters the wiki through Hanji 584 as a late Western Han royal kinsman whose worship of a standing stone at 无盐县 is turned into a treason case under 汉哀帝.

Current Profile

Hanji 584 presents Liu Yun as the ruler of Dongping, a royal kingdom that contains Wuyan County. When reports spread that soil at Wuyan had moved into a road-like form and that a large stone on Hu Mountain had stood upright, Liu Yun and 王后刘烨 go to worship it. Liu Yun also builds an artificial hill in the palace, moves the stone there, and sets up a straw shelter for repeated worship.

The case becomes fatal because the episode’s court setting is already omen-sensitive. Aidi is ill, worried about heavenly punishment, and changing the state sacrifice system. 息夫躬 and 孙宠 then decide that accusing Liu Yun offers a chance for reward. After Liu Ye reportedly confesses that the worship aimed to curse Aidi and replace him with Liu Yun, officials ask to execute Liu Yun. Aidi instead deposes him and orders exile to Fangling, but Liu Yun dies by suicide.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han royal kinsman and Dongping king under Han Aidi.
• Connected to Wuyan County and the Hu Mountain standing-stone anomaly.
• Treats the stone as an object of worship by moving it into palace ritual space.
• Becomes vulnerable because omen worship can be interpreted as imperial ambition.
• Target of a reward-seeking treason accusation by Xi Fu Gong and Sun Chong.
• Deposed and ordered into exile after Liu Ye’s reported confession.
• Dies by suicide rather than living as a deposed exile.

Evidence

• Royal-kingdom setting: Hanji 584 says Wuyan belongs to Dongping, Liu Yun’s kingdom.
• Stone worship: Hanji 584 says Liu Yun and Liu Ye worship the standing stone, then move it to an artificial palace hill with a shelter for worship.
• Accusation channel: Hanji 584 says Xi Fu Gong and Sun Chong decide to accuse Liu Yun as an opportunity for office and title.
• Confession and sentence: Hanji 584 says Liu Ye confesses a curse-and-replacement purpose, after which officials ask for execution and Aidi orders deposition and exile.
• Death outcome: Hanji 584 says Liu Yun kills himself.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Hanji 584. It does not establish Liu Yun’s full genealogy, earlier administration of Dongping, actual intent, the reliability of Liu Ye’s confession, or the natural cause of the reported anomalies. The wiki treats the treason finding as the court’s case outcome, not as independently verified proof of rebellion.

What Changed

• Created Liu Yun as the central target of the Hu Mountain standing-stone treason case.

Relationships

• 汉哀帝 - ruler whose illness and suspicion make the omen case dangerous.
• 刘烨 - queen whose reported confession becomes central evidence.
• 无盐县 - county where the road and standing-stone anomalies appear.
• 息夫躬 - accuser who treats the case as an advancement opportunity.
• 孙宠 - co-accuser rewarded after the case.
• 灾异谋反指控 - concept opened by Liu Yun’s prosecution.
• 西汉 - dynastic setting for the royal-kin case.