Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor An as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 41 passages from 12 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor An | 安帝 | Andi |
| Title | Andi | 安帝 | |
| Temple name | Emperor An | 安帝 | Andi |
| Title | Emperor An | 安帝 | |
| Regnal | Emperor An | 安帝 | An |
| Title | Emperor An | 安帝 | An Di |
| Title | Emperor An | 安帝 | Ān dì |
| Temple name | Emperor An | 安帝 | Āndì |
| Temple name | Emperor An | 安帝 | |
| Title | Emperor An | 安帝 | Āndì |
| Title | Emperor An | 安帝 | Andi |
| Temple name | Gongzong | 恭宗 | Gōngzōng |
| Title | Prince of Qinghe | 清河王 | |
| Descriptive kinship | son of the Prince of Qinghe | 清河王子 | |
| Title | the emperor | 上 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0125
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: diedExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0128
- Statement: palace carriage late halt (died)Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0037
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元初元年十月 · Western Year: AD 114Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0102, houhanshu:119:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 元初六年 · Western Year: AD 119Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0058, houhanshu:109:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 安帝即位 · Western Year: AD 106Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 安帝延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit · houhanshu:118:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 安帝時 · Western Year: AD 110Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初三年 · Western Year: AD 109Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初二年 · Western Year: AD 108Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初元年 · Western Year: AD 107Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初元年 · Western Year: AD 107Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0024, houhanshu:118:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初元年冬十月 · Western Year: AD 107Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初六年十月 · Western Year: AD 112Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 安帝永初四年夏 · Western Year: AD 110Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 安帝立皇太子 · Western Interval: Start: AD 106 · End: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:131:s0100
- Source Date: Text: 延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 延光三年九月 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0123, houhanshu:119:s0126
- Source Date: Text: 延光元年 · Western Year: AD 122Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 延光四年三月 · Western Year: AD 125Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0127
- Source Date: Text: 延平元年 · Western Year: AD 106Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0025, houhanshu:115:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 建光元年 · Western Year: AD 121
- Source Date: Text: 後漢安帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 106 · End: AD 125Explicit · songshu:055:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 永初元年三月 · Western Year: AD 107Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0093, houhanshu:119:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 自安帝政治衰缺 · Western Interval: Start: AD 106 · End: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0089
Family
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- Spouse of Empress Dowager Yan (阎太后)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: widowed
- Spouse of Empress Yan (阎皇后)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active - Parent of Heir Apparent of Emperor An (皇太子)Kinship Term: established as heir apparent / 立皇太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: heir apparent / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: heir apparent / 皇太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Kin of Geng Bao (耿宝)Kinship Term: full maternal uncle / 嫡舅 · Object Role: maternal-uncle · Subject Role: sister's-son · Line: maternal
Kinship Term: full maternal uncle / 嫡舅 · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: sister's-son · Line: maternal - Parent of Deposed Heir of Emperor An (废太子)Kinship Term: heir / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kin of Deng Zhi (邓骘)Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: sister's-son · Line: maternal
- Child of Empress of Filial Virtue (孝德后)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Child of Prince of Qinghe (清河王)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Child of Filial King of Qinghe (清河孝王)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Emperor Shun (順帝)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Son of Emperor An (安帝之子)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Gongzong / 恭宗 · Action: used-as-mausoleum-nameExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0129
- Status: unable-to-govern · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0099
- Action: accededExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0125
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 安帝即位 · Western Year: AD 106Strongly inferred · houhanshu:109:s0058
- Note: enthroned by Empress Dowager Deng as Prince of QingheExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0155
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0024
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0022
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · houhanshu:125:s0088
- Polity: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0093
- Polity: Han / 汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0024
Learning and skills
- Belief: Ouyang school reading of the Documents on the Six Honored Powers / 尚书欧阳家说六宗 · Relation: adoptedExplicit · houhanshu:109:s0058, houhanshu:109:s0059
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: chai-and-Wen-Bright-Hall-sacrifice · Place: Mount Tai and Wen Bright Hall / 泰山、汶上明堂 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0061
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: deposed-heirExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0128
- Kind: travel · Role: traveler · Action: eastern-tour-to-Mount-Tai · Place: Mount Tai / 泰山 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延光三年 · Western Year: AD 124Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0061
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: established-heir-apparent · Other Person Id: Heir Apparent of Emperor An (皇太子)Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0100
- Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: re-established-Six-Honored-Powers · Place: northwest of Luoyang / 雒阳西北 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 119Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0060
- Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: sent-deng-zhi-against-western-qiangExplicit · houhanshu:125:s0088
- Kind: political · Role: credulous-ruler · Action: trusted-slander-dismissed-Yang-Zhen-deposed-heirExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0108
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: could not investigate clearly; believed slander · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0043, houhanshu:117:s0167
- Assessment: governance declined and lacked · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:125:s0089
- Assessment: listened to slander; not centered in governance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:118:s0017, houhanshu:118:s0019
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0093
References in the histories
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