Liu Penzi was a puppet emperor placed on the Han dynasty throne temporarily by the Red Eyebrows rebels after the collapse of the Xin dynasty, from 25 to 27 AD.
11 Facts About Liu Penzi
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Liu Penzi was a descendant of the Western Han prince Liu Zhang, Prince Jing of Chengyang, from whose principality many Chimei men came.
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Later, when the Chimei general Fan Chong temporarily submitted to Gengshi Emperor's authority after Gengshi Emperor overthrew Wang Mang, Liu Penzi Gong accompanied Fan to the capital, Luoyang, and was created the Marquess of Shi to inherit his father's title.
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Liu Penzi did not accompany Fan when Fan later fled from Luoyang back to the Chimei stronghold of Puyang, but remained a follower of Gengshi Emperor.
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Mao and Liu Penzi remained in the Chimei forces and were made cattlemen.
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The 14-year-old Liu Penzi was greatly scared when he saw all of the generals bow down to him, and he tried to destroy the lot he drew by chewing it in his mouth, but it was in vain; he was selected.
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In 26, Liu Penzi Gong, seeing the dangers of the situation for his brother the emperor, decided to make one attempt to either put the situation under control or disengage his brother from the mess.
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Fan and the other leaders were ashamed, and they left their seats and bowed down to Emperor Liu Penzi, apologizing for their failures.
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Emperor Liu Penzi yielded his title, and Emperor Guangwu, aware that he did not have any actual powers, spared him.
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Later, Liu Penzi suffered an illness that blinded him, and Liu Xiu gave him a large swath of farmland, allowing him to survive on the rent from the farms for the rest of his life.
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Liu Penzi died after 27 AD, but the exact date of his death is currently unknown.