Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Cheng of Han 成帝

Chengdi

Attested BC 33 - BC 7

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Cheng of Han was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 33 to BC 7 成帝時
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 87

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 2 passages

汝南舊有鴻郤陂，成帝時，丞相翟方進奏毀敗之。 Runan once held the great Hongxi marsh until Chancellor Zhai Fangjin persuaded Emperor Cheng to drain it.

楊曰：「昔成帝用方進之言，尋而自夢上天，天帝怒曰：『何故敗我濯龍淵？』 Xu Yang said, 'Emperor Cheng listened to Zhai Fangjin and soon dreamed he had ascended to heaven, where the High God demanded, “Why ruin my Dragon Pool?