Liu Chan (,

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

319–329 CE) was a Chinese nobleman of the Han-Zhao dynasty. He was created the Prince of Taiyuan (太原王) in 319.

History

Liu Chan was the son of Former Zhao emperor

Liu Yao Liu Yao (died 329), courtesy name Yongming, was the final emperor of the Xiongnu-led Han-Zhao dynasty of China. He became emperor in 318 after most other members of the imperial Liu clan were massacred by Jin Zhun in a coup. However, the empi ...

(died 329) and his wife Empress Xianwen from

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 Moun ...

. In 319 his father the emperor moved the capital of Former Zhao from Pingyang to

Chang'an Chang'an (; zh, t=長安, s=长安, p=Cháng'ān, first=t) is the traditional name of the city now named Xi'an and was the capital of several Chinese dynasties, ranging from 202 BCE to 907 CE. The site has been inhabited since Neolithic time ...

, and created his concubine and Liu Chan's mother

Yang Xianrong Yang Xianrong (羊獻容) (died 13 May 322), posthumous name (as honored by Former Zhao) Empress Xianwen (獻文皇后, literally "the wise and civil empress"), was an empress—uniquely in the history of China, for two different dynastic empire ...

as his empress, while Liu Chan's brother Liu Xi became the crown prince. Further, another brother of his, also named Liu Xi, received the title of Prince of Changli, whereas Liu Chan was named Prince of Taiyuan. What happened to him after demise of Former Zhao (329) is unknown.

References

{{Reflist 4th-century Chinese people Chinese princes Former Zhao people Xiongnu