Li Liu (Cheng-Han)

Li Liu (Chinese: 李流; 248–303), courtesy name Xuantong (玄通), posthumously named King Wen of Qin (秦文王), was a general under Li Te and one of the spiritual founders of Cheng-Han 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 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 303, just a few months before Cheng-Han's creation in 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.