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Liu Xin, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was an accomplished emperor. Why do historians only remember his ambiguous erotic history?
There are more than 400 emperors in the history of China, and few people can count them all. One of them, if not particularly familiar with history, would hardly know that there was such an emperor in the Han Dynasty. He was the first emperor in the history of China to be recorded in the history books because of homosexuality. If you introduce him like this, then many people should have heard of it.

The most famous story of "God of Broken Sleeves" in history comes from Liu Xin, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is recorded in the history books that Emperor Wu often slept with his favorite Dong Xian in Toy Boy. On one occasion, when Dong Xian slept during the day, he put his head on the sleeve of Emperor Han Ai. Emperor Aidi of Han wanted to get up, but Dong Xian didn't realize that Emperor Aidi didn't want to disturb Dong Xian, so he got up after cutting off his sleeve with his sword. This story later became the idiom "the addiction of broken sleeves", and later generations generally referred to homosexual behavior between men.

Liu Xin not only takes good care of Toy Boy in life, but also Toy Boy's residence is resplendent and magnificent, with exquisite treatment in every corner, and even the furnishings and layout are carefully designed. Toy Boy Dong Xian's residence palace is the same as the previous Qing Palace. Liu Xin gave the best to his Toy Boy Dong Xian and tried his best to please him. However, the lust for beauty did not make Liu Xin live long. After only seven years in power, he died of the elixir of life.

Liu Xin, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was very fond of Toy Boy, but this was only a particularly small shortcoming of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. During his reign, he worked hard for the country and the people, loved the people and was willing to reform himself. Although he loved Toy Boy, he dismissed his consorts and restricted land and slaves, which greatly corrected the corrupt trend of bureaucrats. He also consolidated the border defense and provided a strong guarantee for the national defense policy.