Warlords: History & Biographies

The Kingdom of Han

Location
Not to be mistaken for the ancient state of Han that existed just south of the yellow River near Luoyang, this Kingdom existed at the western frontier of the Qin Empire, roughly equating to the south of the modern state of Shaanxi. At the time of the Qin, Han was a mountainous and sparsely populated region, that largely served as a buffer against barbarians.

Pre-Qin Empire
Han played almost no role in the rise of the Qin Empire, being a minor possession of the Kingdom of Qin for almost 250 years before the Empire’s founding.

Post-Qin Empire
In 207BC, when the Qin Empire was destroyed by Chu, the two chief generals of Chu became involved in a power struggle, and Liu Bang, the loser, was made King of Han and sent into what amounted to exile.

Liu Bang returned east from Han however, after only spending eight months in his kingdom, and never returned. Over the next five years, he conquered the rest of the Empire, and the unimportant kingdom over which he first became king gave its name to the new Han Empire he created, a dynasty which lasted for more than 400 years.

Kings Liu Bang	Major Officers Chen Ping Han Xin Peng Yue Qing Bu Xiao He Zhang Liang	Important Officers Cao Can Fan Kuai Li Yiji Liu Jia Lu Jia Lu Wan Wang Ling Yong CHi Zhou Bo
Minor Officers Cai Ju Cao Wushang Cao Ju Cao Qiu Chen Hui Chen Mai E Gong Gai Fang Gao Qi General Bi General Chai General Kong Governor Yi Guan Ying Ji Bu Ji Xin Li Jie Li Shang Liu Hui	Minor Officers Liu Jing Liu You Lord Cong Lord Dong Lu Matong Lu Sheng Lu Shizhi Lu Xu Lu Ze Master Lu Master Yuan Mei Xuan Qi Liji Sai Shao Ping Shen Yiji Shi Fen	Minor Officers Shi Xiahuang Shuoshi Dongyuan Shusun Tong Sui He Tien Ken Wang Tiankai Wang Xi Wang Yi Wei Wuzhi Wenren Jiaoji Xue Ou Yang Wu Yang Xi Zheng Zhong Zhou Ke Zhu Jia Zhu Jian

All information derived from the Burton Watson translation of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian

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