Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Ming as a ruler. This record brings together 29 passages from 11 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Ming | 顯宗 | Xiǎnzōng |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming | 顯宗 | Xiǎnzōng |
| Regnal | Emperor Ming | 孝明皇帝 | Ming |
| Alternate name | Emperor Ming | 明皇帝 | Ming |
| Temple | Emperor Ming | 显宗 | Xianzong |
| Temple | Emperor Ming | 明皇帝 | Minghuangdi |
| Title | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | Ming Di |
| Title | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | Míng dì |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | Míngdì |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | Mingdi |
| Title | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | Mingdi |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming of Han | 漢明帝 | Han Mingdi |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Xiaoming | 孝明皇帝 | Xiàomíng huángdì |
| Title | Mingdi | 明帝 | |
| Temple name | Xianzong | 顯宗 | Xianzong |
| Temple name | Xianzong | 显宗 | Xianzong |
| Temple name | Xianzong | 显宗 | Xiǎnzōng |
| Temple name | Xianzong | 顯宗 | Xiǎnzōng |
| Temple | Xiaoming | 李明皇帝 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0048, liangshu:052:s0082
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 后二岁，宫车晏驾 · Western Year: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0062
- Manner: diedExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0115
- Note: died in autumn of Yongping 18Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0184
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 孝明皇帝永平二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 59Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 明帝临终 · Western Year: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 明帝初即位 · Western Year: AD 57Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 明帝初置度辽将军 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 明帝即位 · Western Year: AD 57Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 明帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 明帝永平十八年 · Western Year: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0181
- Source Date: Text: 显宗/明帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0189, houhanshu:089:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 永平三年八月 · Western Year: AD 60Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0052, houhanshu:119:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 永平中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 58 · End: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 永平二年正月辛未 · Western Year: AD 59Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 永平元年 · Western Year: AD 58Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0234
- Source Date: Text: 永平八年十月 · Western Year: AD 65Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0055
- Source Date: Text: 永平十三年十月 · Western Year: AD 70Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0059
- Source Date: Text: 永平十八年十一月 · Western Year: AD 75Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0063, houhanshu:119:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 永平十六年五月 · Western Year: AD 73Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 漢明帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit · liangshu:052:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 85Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:109:s0051, houhanshu:109:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 至孝明皇帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:131:s0134
- Source Date: Text: 顯宗即位 · Western Year: AD 57Explicit · houhanshu:032:s0172
- Source Date: Text: 顯宗遂就大業 · Western Interval: Start: AD 57 · End: AD 75Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:131:s0018
Family
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- Spouse of Empress Dowager Ma (马太后)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress-dowager · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: widowed
Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: widowed - Parent of Prince Jing of Guangling (广陵王荆)Kinship Term: prince / 王 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
- Child of Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Kinship Term: succeeded / 即位 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Prince Cang of Dongping (东平王苍)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Parent of Emperor Zhang (孝章皇帝)Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Xianzong / 显宗 · Action: bestowedExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0116
- Action: accededExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0048
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明帝即位 · Western Year: AD 57Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0018
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0181
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0112
- Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · houhanshu:125:s0082
- Polity: Eastern Han / 東漢 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:032:s0172
- Polity: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0052
- Polity: Eastern Han · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0189
Works and attributed material
- Kind: testamentary-edict · Role: authorExplicit · houhanshu:110:s0115
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: recipient · Action: announced-sacrifice-as-Xianzong · Place: Bright Hall / 明堂 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 85Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0051
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: appointed-brother-charging-cavalry-generalExplicit · houhanshu:125:s0082
- Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: ascended-spirit-terrace · Place: Spirit Terrace / 灵台 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永平二年正月辛未 · Western Year: AD 59Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0023, houhanshu:109:s0018
- Kind: building · Role: patron · Action: built-Northern-PalaceExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0054
- Kind: military · Role: ruler · Action: created-general-who-crosses-the-liaoExplicit · houhanshu:125:s0112
- Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: first-sacrifice-to-five-thearchs-in-bright-hall · Place: Bright Hall / 明堂 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永平二年正月辛未 · Western Year: AD 59Explicit · houhanshu:109:s0018
- Kind: ritual · Role: innovator · Action: instituted-great-jade-pendantExplicit · houhanshu:131:s0134
- Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: ordered-dress-code-from-classics · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永平二年 · Western Year: AD 59Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0025
- Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: wore-mianguan-and-sacrificedExplicit · houhanshu:131:s0018
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: sought worthies insufficiently · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Witness Person Id: Fu Yi (傅毅)Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0189
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0052
References in the histories
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