Liu Sheng

Chinese prince, the brother of Wudi. His tomb, and that of his consort, Princess Don Wan (d.103 BC), was opened at Mancheng, Hopei, in 1968. Stretching 46 m/150 ft into a hill, it contained 2800 objects, including the famous suits of 4846 jade pieces sewn with gold to prevent body decay (they failed), six carriages, 16 horses, en-suite bathroom with drain, and embroidered curtains.

Liu Sheng (刘胜 d.

He died before his wife and was interred in a mound 95 miles from Beijing, in Hebei. 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.

He was an ancestor of Liu Bei, ruler of the Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms period.