齐厉王 / King Li of Qi (Western Han)

Overview

齐厉王 / King Li of Qi is the Western Han king whose alleged relationship with his sister becomes the basis for 主父偃’s memorial and coercive investigation in Hanji 284.

Current Profile

The episode presents the Qi king as ruler of a wealthy, populous fief and as a more distant imperial relative than the emperor’s sons or brothers. After Empress Dowager Ji rejects Zhufu Yan’s proposed marriage connection, Zhufu Yan reports both the political importance of Linzi and the king’s alleged relationship with Princess Ji Weng. Appointed Qi chancellor, Zhufu Yan tortures palace eunuchs for testimony; when the evidence reaches the king, he drinks poison and dies.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han king of the wealthy Qi fief centered on Linzi.
• Son of Empress Dowager Ji in the episode’s household frame.
• Accused of an incestuous relationship with Princess Ji Weng.
• Investigated by Zhufu Yan after a rejected marriage proposal creates an alleged private grievance.
• Dies by poison after coerced testimony implicates him.

Evidence

Political and household accusation:

• Hanji 284 joins Linzi’s wealth, distant royal kinship, and the alleged sibling relationship in Zhufu Yan’s memorial.

Investigation and death:

• Hanji 284 says Zhufu Yan becomes Qi chancellor, extracts testimony from eunuchs under torture, and frightens the Qi king into suicide.

Qualifications

This profile is bounded to one compact episode. The private-grievance explanation is source-attributed, the testimony is described as coercively obtained, and the page does not independently settle the allegation, legal procedure, or the exact relationship between central territorial interest and personal motive.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 284’s Qi accusation, investigation, and suicide sequence.

Relationships

• 主父偃 / Zhufu Yan - rejected marriage seeker, accuser, and Qi chancellor who investigates him.
• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - emperor who authorizes the Qi investigation.
• 燕王刘定国 / Liu Dingguo, Yan King (Western Han) - parallel princely target whose earlier death shapes the perceived threat.
• 赵敬肃王刘彭祖 / Liu Pengzu, Zhao King (Western Han) - Zhao king who uses Liu Cichang’s death in his report against Zhufu Yan.
• Personal Revenge Through State Power / 以国力行私仇 - his case supplies a ministerial private-grievance variant.