Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Guangwu 光武帝

Guangwu Di

Attested AD 25 - AD 50

Passages
7
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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Emperor Guangwu was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

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References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 7 passages
今禘祫高廟,陳序昭穆,而舂陵四世,君臣並列,以卑廁尊,不合禮意,設不遭王莽,而國嗣無寄,推求宗室,以陛下繼統者,安得復顧私親,違禮制乎? At the great di and xia rites in the high temple the generations are ordered, yet the four Chunling generations appear as lord and subject together—base beside exalted—which breaks ritual. Had Wang Mang never seized power and the throne lacked an heir, and a clansman had been chosen for you to succeed, would private kin still override the code?