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Emperor Cheng of Han
漢成帝
Han Chengdi
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Emperor Cheng
成帝
Chengdi
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Book of Wei, Chapter 110 Volume 104: Author's Preface · 5 passages
彥子歆，字子胡，幼孤有志操，博洽經史，成帝世，位終鉅鹿太守，[2]仍家焉。
Yan's son Xin, styled Zihu, lost his father early but possessed strong character. Well read in the classics and histories, he served during Emperor Cheng's reign and ultimately became Administrator of Julu, [2] where the family established its home.
成帝世位終鉅鹿太守 錢氏考異卷二八云：「此成帝謂漢成帝也。
Regarding "In the reign of Emperor Cheng he ended as Administrator of Julu"—Qian's Textual Variants, scroll 28, states: "This Emperor Cheng refers to Emperor Cheng of Han.
魏歆仕於漢成帝朝，而其子悅乃仕於元魏太武之世，此理之所必無者。
Wei Xin served under Emperor Cheng of Han, yet his son Yue served under Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei—something that reason flatly cannot accept.
按「成帝世」三字，北史卷五六魏收傳無，當取他書增，據元和姓纂輯本卷八魏氏稱「漢鉅鹿太守歆，居鉅鹿」，錢氏謂成帝謂漢成帝，是。
Examination shows that the phrase "in the reign of Emperor Cheng" does not appear in scroll 56 of the Northern Dynasties; it was likely added from another source. The reconstructed Yuanhe Xingzuan, scroll 8, records under the Wei clan that "Xin, Administrator of Julu under the Han, dwelt in Julu." Qian's identification of Emperor Cheng as Emperor Cheng of Han is correct.
按魏悅為北魏李孝伯壻，魏歆則漢成帝時人，相去四百餘年，豈得為父子。
Wei Yue of Northern Wei was Li Xiaobo's son-in-law, while Wei Xin lived under Emperor Cheng of Han—more than four centuries apart. They cannot have been father and son.