| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 长乐公主刘曼, 長樂公主劉曼, Liú Màn |
| Nickname | Princess of Eastern Han / Daughter of Emperor Xian (汉献帝之女 / 汉公主) |
| Other name | Trường Lạc Công Chúa, Lưu Mạn |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Xuchang (许昌; Xuchang, Henan) |
| Death Reason | Natural causes |
| FAMILY | |
| Father | |
| Mother | |
| Relatives | |
| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei |
| Battles | None |
Biography & Historical Record
Princess Changle (长乐公主, Trường Lạc Công Chúa; c. 200s–after 220 AD), personal name Liu Man (刘曼), was an imperial princess of the Eastern Han dynasty. She was a royal daughter of Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie and Empress Cao Jie (曹节) (daughter of Cao Cao).
In 214 AD, following Cao Cao’s consolidation of power, young Liu Man was granted a princely appanage and formally invested with the title Princess of Changle (长乐郡公主) with a lavish estate of 500 households. Following the abdication of Emperor Xian to Cao Pi in 220 AD, Princess Changle accompanied her parents to their estate in the Duchy of Shanyang (Shanyang State), living peacefully through the Three Kingdoms era as an honored royal daughter of the former Han dynasty.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Legacy of Shanyang: Princess Changle symbolizes the peaceful survival of Emperor Xian’s direct bloodline within the protected dukedom of Shanyang following the abdication.
Princess Changle (长乐公主) — Historical Timeline
Imperial Birth
Born to Emperor Xian and Empress Cao Jie in Xuchang.
Princess of Changle
Invested as Princess of Changle with 500 tax-paying households.
Retirement to Shanyang
Moves with parents to the Shanyang Duchy following the Han abdication.
Key Relationships
Family
- Father Emperor Xian (刘协, Hán Hiến Đế): Father; last sovereign of the Eastern Han dynasty who abdicated to Cao Pi in 220 AD.
- Mother Empress Cao Jie (曹节, Tào Tiết): Mother; Empress of Han and daughter of Cao Cao, famed for throwing the imperial jade seal at Cao Pi’s heralds in righteous fury.
- Brother Liu Dun (刘敦, Lưu Đôn): Brother; imperial prince who suffered under the turbulent palace purges of the late Han.
- Relative Dong Consort (董贵人, Đổng Quý Nhân): Stepmother / Consort; victim of the Girdle Decree purge executed by Cao Cao.
Friends
- Empress Cao Jie (曹节, Tào Tiết): Mother and protector who sheltered her throughout the traumatic transition of power in Luoyang and Shanyang.
Enemies
- Cao Pi (曹丕, Tào Phi): Uncle and usurping monarch who forced her father Emperor Xian to abdicate the Han throne in 220 AD.
Other
- Cao Cao (曹操, Tào Tháo): Maternal grandfather; powerful regent who arranged her enfeoffment as Princess of Changle with 500 households in 214 AD.
In Novel
Chapter 80 (Cao Pi Usurps the Han Throne)
- Princess Changle (长乐公主, Trường Lạc Công Chúa): Daughter of Emperor Xian (刘协, Hán Hiến Đế) and Empress Cao Jie (曹节, Tào Tiết); her royal status stood as the final living symbol of the four-hundred-year Han dynasty when the imperial seals were yielded to Cao Pi.
Chapter 85 (Founding of the Rival Empires)
- Princess Changle (长乐公主, Trường Lạc Công Chúa): Resided in peaceful reclusion at the Shanyang principality alongside her father the Duke of Shanyang, revered by loyalists across the realm for imperial grace.
In History
Summary
- Princess Changle (长乐公主, Trường Lạc Công Chúa) (c. 215–after 260 AD) was an imperial princess of the late Eastern Han dynasty, the beloved daughter of Emperor Xian (Liu Xie) and Empress Cao Jie (daughter of Cao Cao).
Year: 220 AD
- Following Emperor Xian's abdication in favor of Cao Pi, she accompanied her parents to the newly created Dukedom of Shanyang, where the former imperial family maintained independent ancestral rites and imperial court etiquette.
Year: 234 AD
- Mourned the passing of her father the Duke of Shanyang, who was buried with full Han imperial honors by Emperor Ming of Wei (Cao Rui), ensuring the dignified continuation of her household.
Historical Record
- Book of Later Han (后汉书), Volume 9 (Annals of Emperor Xian): Documents the abdication, the creation of the Shanyang fiefdom, and the privileges accorded to Emperor Xian's daughters.
- Sanguozhi (三国志), Volume 2 (Annals of Cao Pi): Records the formal imperial decrees protecting the lineage of the Duke of Shanyang.
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