Jibei Kingdom ( zh, 濟北國) was a kingdom of
Han dynasty, in present-day northern
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
and southern
Hebei.
The kingdom was first established on the lands of
Qi in 178 BC for
Liu Xingju, son of
Liu Fei, Prince of Qi, King of Qi. In 177 BC, Xingju committed suicide after a failed attempt of rebellion, and Jibei was merged back to Qi. In 164 BC, Jibei again became a kingdom under Liu Zhi (劉志), another son of Fei. After the
Rebellion of the Seven States, Zhi was stripped of his fief, and part of Jibei was transferred to Liu Bo (劉勃), a former Prince of Hengshan (衡山) and son of Liu Chang (劉長),
Prince of Huainan
Huainan Kingdom was a kingdom of China's Han dynasty, located in what is now parts of Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.
History
The title "King (or Prince) of Huainan" was first created in 202BC by Liu Bang, King of Han, for Ying Bu, the forme ...
(淮南), while the rest was separated to become
Pingyuan Commandery
Pingyuan Commandery ( zh, 平原郡) was a historical commandery of China, existing from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty. It was centered around present-day northwestern Shandong province.
The commandery was carved out of the Jibei Kingdom during Emp ...
. Bo and his descendants held Jibei until 86 BC. Afterwards, the kingdom was abolished and merged into
Taishan Commandery Taishan Commandery ( zh, 泰山郡) was a historical commandery of China in present-day Shandong province, existing from Han dynasty to Sui dynasty.
Taishan Commandery was created in 122 BC, when the king of Jibei offered the land surrounding Mount ...
.
Jibei Kingdom was established for a second time in 90 AD, and granted to Liu Shou (劉壽), son of
Emperor Zhang. The kingdom lasted to the end of Eastern Han. Jibei was subsequently converted to a
commandery, though it would again become the fief of various imperial princes during
Cao Wei and
Western Jin dynasties. In 140 AD, the kingdom consisted of 5 counties, Lu (盧), Sheqiu (蛇丘), Gang (剛), Cheng (成) and
Chiping (茌平). The population was 235,897, or 45,689 households.
['']Book of Later Han
The ''Book of the Later Han'', also known as the ''History of the Later Han'' and by its Chinese name ''Hou Hanshu'' (), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Later ...
'', Chapter 111.
Kings of Jibei
*
Liu Xingju, 178–177 BC;
* Liu Zhi (志), 164–154 BC;
* Liu Bo (勃), King Zhen (貞) of Jibei, 154–152 BC;
* Liu Hu (胡), King Cheng (成) of Jibei, 151–97 BC;
* Liu Kuan (寬), 97–86 BC;
* Liu Shou (壽), King Hui (惠) of Jibei, 90–121;
* Liu Deng (登), King Jie (節) of Jibei, 121–136;
* Liu Duo (多), King Ai (哀) of Jibei, 136–139;
* Liu Anguo (安國), King Li (釐) of Jibei, 139–146;
* Liu Ci (次), King Xiao (孝) of Jibei, 146–163;
* Liu Luan (鸞), 163–198;
* Liu Zheng (政), 198–206;
* Liu Miao (邈), 212–220.
References
{{Han dynasty provinces
Kingdoms of the Han dynasty