Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Wen as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Wen | 文帝 | Wen di |
| Posthumous | Emperor Wen | 孝文 | Xiao Wen |
| Temple | Emperor Wen | 文帝 | Wen di |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:025:s0314
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178Explicit · hanshu:025:s0314
- Source Date: Text: 孝文斷獄（回指） · Western Year: BC 178Explicit · hanshu:025:s0304
- Source Date: Text: 文帝時（新垣平事後文） · Western Year: BC 164Explicit · hanshu:025:s0326, hanshu:025:s0328
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: ruledExplicit · hanshu:025:s0314
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: issued-edict · Label: ordered deliberation on ending implication of innocent kin / 詔議除收律相坐 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝文二年 · Western Year: BC 178
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: benevolent · Label: benevolence / 仁 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:025:s0328
- Assessment: humane-judicial-standard · Label: humane judgments in criminal cases / 孝文斷獄 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:025:s0304
References in the histories
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