Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Cheng 成帝

Cheng di

Attested BC 87 - AD 5

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Cheng as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Cheng 成帝 Cheng di
Title Emperor Cheng 成帝 Cheng di
Posthumous Emperor Cheng Cheng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 成、哀之間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 1
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0270
  • Source Date: Text: 成帝鴻嘉元年 · Western Year: BC 20
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0241
  • Source Date: Text: 昭、宣、元、成、哀、平六世之間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 87 · End: AD 5
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0249

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 成帝鴻嘉元年 · Western Year: BC 20
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0241

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: ruler · Action: issued-order · Label: allowed reduction of death for offenders under seven / 定令年未滿七歲得減死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 成帝鴻嘉元年 · Western Year: BC 20
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0241

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 3 passages