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Where the histories differ

Records of the Grand Historian establishes a Hereditary House for King Daohui of Qi, while History of Han demotes him to a biography and shifts to discussing the method of reducing feudal domains.

• histories differThe rank of the chapter for Liu Fei, King Daohui of Qi

  In Records of the Grand Historian, 'Hereditary House of King Daohui of Qi' specially establishes a 'Hereditary House' for Liu Fei, regarding him as a great feudal prince of the state: 'No feudal state was greater than King Daohui of Qi. Because the realm was newly pacified, and the emperor's sons were few, and he was stirred by the Qin dynasty's lack of even a foot of land for its relatives, he therefore enfeoffed his kinsmen on a large scale to satisfy the hearts of the myriad people.' In History of Han, 'Biographies of the Five Kings of Emperor Gao' demotes him to a biography, combining him with the other four sons of Emperor Gao in one chapter, and the eulogy turns to discussing the method of reducing feudal domains: 'King Daohui's enfeoffment in Qi was the largest state. Because the realm was newly pacified, and the emperor's sons were few, and he was stirred by the Qin dynasty's isolation without vassal support, he therefore enfeoffed his kinsmen on a large scale to fill the world.'