Li Liu (Cheng-Han)

Li Liu (Chinese: 李流; 248 – c.October 303), courtesy name Xuantong (玄通), posthumous name Prince Wen of Qin (秦文王), was a younger brother of Li Te and an uncle of Li Xiong (Emperor Wu of Cheng-Han), the founder of the Cheng-Han dynasty of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. He was his brother's general during his war with Luo Shang in Yizhou. After Li Te was killed in an ambush in c.March 303, Li Liu was hastily chosen by Te's followers as his successor. He saved Li Te's army from destruction during the aftermath of his death but later decided to have his nephew, Li Xiong handle military responsibilities. Li Liu died in c.October 303, just a year before Cheng-Han's creation in November or December 304. Despite succeeding Li Te first, he never granted himself an imperial title nor introduced a new reign era. Furthermore, due to being his uncle, Li Xiong only posthumously honoured him as a king and not an emperor in 306.