Liu Pang (ly

bäng), Chinese emperor (206–195 B.C.), founder of the Han Han (hän), dynasty of China that ruled from 202 B.C. to A.D. 220.
..... Click the link for more information. dynasty. Liu was of peasant origin and had been a minor official before joining the free-for-all struggle that attended the collapse of the Ch'in Ch'in (chĭn), dynasty of China, which ruled from 221 B.C. to 206 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. dynasty. Threatened by internal dissension and nomadic incursions, Liu slowly consolidated power, but it was several decades before Han rule recreated the imperial system of the Ch'in. Liu is also known by his posthumous temple name, Kao-tsu [Chin.,=high progenitor].

Gaozu

or Kao-tsu orig. Liu Bang or Liu Pang

(born 256 BC, Peixian, in modern Jiangsu province, China—died 195 BC, China) Man of peasant background who rose to become the founder of China's Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). When Shihuangdi, emperor of the Qin dynasty, died in 210 BC, Liu joined the rebels led by Xiang Yu in an effort to overthrow the Qin. Xiang Yu triumphed and rewarded Liu with the kingdom of Han in western China, but the two allies subsequently turned against each other. Liu's pragmatic shrewdness triumphed over Xiang Yu's aristocratic naiveté, and, taking the name Gaozu, he became the Han dynasty's first ruler.