In 201 BC,
Emperor Gaozu of Han arrested and executed
Han Xin, the King of
Chu. Wu Kingdom was then founded on the eastern half of Chu's former territories. Its first king was Liu Jia (劉賈), a relative of the emperor. In 196 BC, Jia died in during
Ying Bu's rebellion, and the emperor granted the title to his nephew
Liu Pi. The land of Wu initially consisted of three
commanderies –
Wu,
Dongyang and
Zhang, which were further divided into more than 50 counties. According to the
Records of the Grand Historian, Pi claimed that Wu's territories stretched for 3,000
li, and could support an army of 500,000. In 154 BC, Liu Pi launched the
Rebellion of Seven States. He was defeated and killed in the same year, and Wu Kingdom was subsequently abolished. ==References==