Emperor Wen (孝文皇帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wen as a ruler. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Wen	孝文皇帝	Xiaowen Huangdi
Temple name	Emperor Wen	孝文皇帝	Xiaowen Huangdi
Temple	Emperor Wen	文帝	Wendi
Title	Emperor Wen	孝文	Xiaowen
Temple name	Emperor Xiaowen	孝文	Xiaowen
Temple	Emperor Xiaowen	孝文皇帝	Xiaowen huangdi
Temple name	Wen	文

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:026:s0328, hanshu:056:s0002

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十二年，文帝崩 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit · hanshu:056:s0009

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:056:s0003
Source Date: Text: 孝文皇帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
Explicit · hanshu:026:s0328

Family

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Parent of Liu Wu (劉武)
Kinship Term: begot / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Liu Yi (劉揖)
Kinship Term: begot / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: youngest son / 少子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 4
Parent of Liu Can (代孝王參)
Kinship Term: begot / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Emperor Jing (孝景帝)
Kinship Term: begot / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Lady Dou (竇氏)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active