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March 8, 2014
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Emperor Wu of Han

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image:HanWuDi.jpg|250px|Han Wudi
Han Wudi (漢武帝)
Chinese family name|Family name:
Chinese given name|Given name: Zhi? (彘), later Che? (徹)
Courtesy name (字): Tong3 (通)
Dates of reign: Mar. 9, 141 BC?Mar. 29, 87 BC
Temple name: Shizong(世宗)
Posthumous name:
(short)
Emperor Wu (武帝)
Posthumous name:
(full)
Emperor Xiao Wu (孝武皇帝)
General note: Dates given here are in the proleptic Julian calendar.
They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar
.
???
1. Allegedly, Emperor Jing of Han|Emperor Jing, father of Emperor Wu, had a dream
in which the late Gaozu of Han|Emperor Gaozu suggested this name.
Zhi means "pig", "hog".
2. Had his name changed into the more suitable Che when he was
officially made crown prince in April 150 BC.
3. This courtesy name is reported by Xun Yue (荀悅) (148-209),
the author of Records of the Han Dynasty
(漢紀), but other sources
do not mention a courtesy name.


Emperor Wu of Han (156 BC#Notes|*?March 29, 87 BC), personal name Liu Che, was the sixth emperor of China |emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. A military compaigner, Han China reached its greatest expansion under his reign, spanning from Kyrgyzstan in the west, Northern Korea in the Northeast, to Northern Vietnam in the south. He was best known for his role in expelling the nomadic Xiongnu from the boundary of China. The Han people named themselves after him.

Emperor Wu adopted the principles of Confucianism as the state philosophy and code of ethics for his empire. He started a school to teach future administrators the Confucian classics.

Emperor Wu dispatched his envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC to seek an alliance with the Yuezhi of modern Uzbekistan. Zhang returned in 123 BC and Emperor Wu then sent many missions per year to Central Asia.

During the end of his reign, his power was severely weakened. Open war broke out between rival families of the Empress Wei and the Li clan. The Li family killed most of Empress Wei's family and forced Empress Wei to commit suicide; during this time, Wu was forced to flee. In the end, Wu was too weak to even name his own successor, who was chosen two days before Wu's death.




  • Father: Emperor Jing of Han (9th son of)

  • Mother: concubine of Emperor Jing, from the Wang (王) family, who became empress consort in 150 BC, and then empress dowager in 141 BC. Died in 126 BC or 125 BC.

  • Wives:

  • *Empress Chen (deposed 130 BC)

  • *Empress Wei (suicide 91 BC)

  • Major concubines:

  • *consort Li

  • *consort Zhao

  • *consort Li

  • *consort Wang

  • Children: at least 1 son, 4 daughters




  • Jianyuan (建元 py. j?an y?an) 140 BC-135 BC

  • Yuanguang (元光 py. y?an gūang) 134 BC-129 BC

  • Yuanshuo (元朔 py. y?an sh?o) 128 BC-123 BC

  • Yuanshou (元狩 py. y?an sh?u) 122 BC-117 BC

  • Yuanding (元鼎 py. y?an dĭng) 116 BC-111 BC

  • Yuanfeng (元封 py. y?an fēng) 110 BC-105 BC

  • Taichu (太初 py. t?i chū) 104 BC-101 BC

  • Tianhan (天漢 py. tīan h?n) 100 BC-97 BC

  • Taishi (太始 py. t?i shĭ) 96 BC-93 BC

  • Zhenghe (征和 py. zhēng h?) 92 BC-89 BC

  • Houyuan (後元 py. h?u y?an) 88 BC-87 BC




* According to some sources, was born on August 27, 156 BC, but most sources do not provide a month and day. All agree on the year.

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Category:Han Dynasty emperors|Wu

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