| Family name | Liu (劉 li) in Chinese |
| Given name | Hong (宏 py. hng) |
| Era name | Jianning (建寧 py. jan nng) 168-172
Xiping (熹平 py. xī png) 172-178
Guanghe (光和 py. gūang h) 178-184
Zhongping (中平 py. zhōng png) 184-189 |
| Father | Liu Chang, Marquess of the "Jiedu Pavilion" (ch. 解渎亭侯苌) |
| Mother | consort Dong |
| Wife | 1) empress Song
2) empress He, then Empress Dowager He, sister of He Jin |
| Major concubines | consort Wang |
| Children | 1) crown prince Liu Bian by empress dowager He, then Prince or King of Hongnong (ch. Hongnong wang) after desposed by Dong Zhuo
2) Liu Xie by consort Wang, Prince of Chenliu (ch. Chenliu wang), then Emperor Xian of Han China |
| Duration of reign | 168 to 189 |
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| Posthumous name | 孝靈 (py. xio zh), literary meaning: "filial and agile" |
| Posthumous name in short | 靈 (py. lng), literary meaning: "agile" |