Tomb of cruel emperor Liu Zhi found in China: he had a harem of 5000 concubines

During archaeological work in the city of Luoyang in China, a mausoleum was discovered that belonged to Emperor Liu Zhi, who ruled in 146-168 AD. As far as scientists know, the mausoleum for the emperor was built by his successor, Liu Hong.

This is reported by Live Science.

"Together with the previous documents on the location of the emperor's tomb, this discovery gives us almost complete certainty that this is the tomb of Emperor Liu Zhi," said Wang Xianqi, a junior researcher at the Luoyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, who is excavating the mausoleum.

Emperor Liu Zhi was very cruel: during his reign, famine often occurred, and, as a result, numerous uprisings, which he suppressed with bloody purges that affected not only the common people but also officials. Even his close senior official, Liang Ji, who had helped Liu Zhi come to power, was killed together with his family.

But the emperor's cruelty did not affect the country's development. People began to complain about him en masse.

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In addition to his cruelty, the emperor was also famous for his love of women: the state maintained a harem of 5,000 concubines and countless servants and attendants. The state treasury was replenished at the expense of the common people, who paid huge taxes and lived in poverty.

Liu Zhi died in January 168. At the time of his death, he was 36 years old. It is not known what caused his death, but historical records do not report his murder.

The archaeologists' discovery is very important for studying the layout of the tomb and the burial system of the Eastern Han Dynasty emperors.

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