Transcript Liu Bang – The First Emperor of Han Dynasty

The Establish of Han Dynasty
汉朝的建立
The Establish of Han Dynasty
After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang established Han Dynasty in
202 B.C. This dynasty lasted for more than 400 years, and
China became one of the strongest countries in the world. It
was so important in Chinese history that its name became the
name of the people – Han.
During Han Dynasty, a series of systems of administration,
choosing talented people into the government, etc. had been
established. During the next more than 2000 years, different
dynasties used similar system first set up in Han Dynasty.
The population was around 15 – 18 millions at the beginning of
Han, but 200 hundred yeas later, the population jumped to
more than 57 millions.
A Map of Han Dynasty
Lv Queen
Liu Bang had a wife when he was poor, who became the queen who was
called Queen Lv. Since she had fought with and accompanied Liu for many
years, she had very special status and her son, a kind and quiet boy, became
the heir.
Liu Bang had a favorite woman who had a smart boy. Liu Bang thought the
heir was too weak and wanted his favorite’s woman’s son to be the new heir.
Be opposed by too many people, he gave up. But Queen Lv hated the woman
and her boy so much.
After Liu Bang died and the heir became the next emperor, Queen Lv wanted
to kill her husband’s favorite woman and her son. Knowing what his mother
wanted to do, the new emperor kept his younger brother with him all the time
to protect him and they even slept together. Once he got up earlier than his
brother and went out for a while, and found his brother dead when he came
back. Then Lv Queen tortured her husband’s favorite woman by cutting off her
limbs and making her live in a bathroom. When the new emperor saw this, he
wept to his mother: “I can’t face myself because my mother is such a cruel
person.” He became depressed and indifferent to everything and Lv Queen
became the real ruler.