Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Ai of Han 漢哀帝

Attested BC 7 - BC 1

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Ai of Han was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Regnal name	Aidi	哀

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 to BC 1 哀
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passages 2, 18

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 2

Events and relationships

Lightened capital punishments in 123 matters
Legal · Ruler · Mode named-source-report Speaker Liang Tong (梁統)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 18

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 39Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong · 3 passages

統高祖父子都，自河東遷居北地，子都子橋，以資千萬徙茂陵，至哀、平之末，歸安定。 His great-grandfather Liang Zidu had relocated from Hedong to Beidi; Zidu's son Liang Qiao took a fortune of ten million to settle at Maoling, then the family returned to Anding late in the Ai and Ping era.

臣竊見元、哀二帝輕殊死之刑以一百二十三事，手殺人者減死一等，自是以後，著為常準，故人輕犯法，吏易殺人。 I note that under Yuandi and Aidi capital crimes were relaxed in 123 provisions—manslaughter dropped one degree below death—and that precedent invited petty crime and quick executions by officials.

至哀、平繼體，而即位日淺，聽斷尚寡，丞相王嘉輕為穿鑿，虧除先帝舊約成律，數年之間，百有餘事，或不便於理，或不厭民心。 Under Aidi and Pingdi—short reigns and thin court experience—Chancellor Wang Jia rashly chipped away at statutes Gaodi had settled; in a few years over a hundred changes either offended reason or the people.