Rebellion of The Seven States - Start

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Liu Pi therefore started a rebellion. The princes participating were:-

• Liu Pi, the Prince of Wu.
• Liu Wu, the Prince of Chu.
• Liu Ang, the Prince of Jiaoxi.
• Liu Xiongqu, the Prince of Jiaodong (roughly modern Qingdao, Shandong).
• Liu Xian, the Prince of Zichuan (roughly part of modern Weifang, Shandong).
• Liu Piguang, the Prince of Jinan (roughly modern Jinan, Shandong).
• Liu Sui, the Prince of Zhao.

Two other principalities agreed to join - Qi (modern central Shandong) and Jibei (modern northwestern Shandong) - but neither actually did. Liu Jianglü (劉將閭), the Prince of Qi, changed his mind at the final moment and chose to resist the rebel forces. Liu Zhi (劉志), the Prince of Jibei, was put under house arrest by the commander of his guards and prevented from joining the rebellion. Three other princes were persuaded to join but either refused or merely did not join: Liu An (劉安), the Prince of Huainan (roughly modern Lu'an, Anhui); Liu Ci (劉賜), the Prince of Lujiang (roughly modern Chaohu, Anhui); and Liu Bo (劉勃), the Prince of Hengshan (roughly part of modern Lu'an, Anhui). The princes also requested help from the southern independent kingdoms of Donghai (modern Zhejiang) and Minyue (modern Fujian), and the powerful northern Xiongnu. Donghai and Minyue sent troops to participate in the campaign, but Xiongnu, after initially promising to do so as well, did not.

The seven princes, as part of their political propaganda, claimed that Chao Cuo was aiming to wipe out the principalities, and that they would be satisfied if Chao were executed.