Liu Sheng
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Liu Sheng (刘胜 d. 113 BC) was a Chinese prince of the Han dynasty. He reigned from 157 BC to 141 BC. His father was Emperor Jing.
He died before his wife and was interred in a mound 95 miles from Beijing, in Hebei. His tomb was unearthed during construction in 1968. The total space of the tomb is about 2,700 cubic metres, and vaguely resembles a human body. He and his wife, Tou Wan, were both buried inside jade burial suits which consisted of 2,498 plates of solid jade connected with two and a half pounds of gold wires. 2,800 funerary offerings were also unearthed.
He was an ancestor of Liu Bei, ruler of the Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms period.
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