Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Wu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 12 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Wu | 武帝 | Wudi |
| Title | Emperor | 帝 | dì |
| Temple name | Emperor Wu | 武帝 | Wudi |
| Temple | Emperor Wu | 武帝 | Wudi |
| Regnal | Emperor Wu | 武帝 | Wǔdì |
| Temple | Emperor Xiaowu | 孝武帝 | Xiào Wǔdì |
| Title | King of Jiaodong | 膠東王 | Jiaodong wang |
| Title | Your Majesty | 陛下 | |
| Title | 上 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:026:s0244, hanshu:056:s0036
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0206
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 其夏 · Western Year: BC 150Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:056:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 孝武帝以下 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0206
- Source Date: Text: 武帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit · hanshu:026:s0274
- Source Date: Text: 武帝末年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 90 · End: BC 87Explicit · hanshu:026:s0244
Career and standing
- Label: crown prince / 太子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其夏,上立膠東王為太子 · Western Year: BC 150Explicit · hanshu:056:s0036
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Western Han · Relation: ruledExplicit · hanshu:026:s0244
- Polity: Western Han / 西汉 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0206
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: authorExplicit · hanshu:026:s0245, hanshu:026:s0246
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · hanshu:056:s0110, hanshu:056:s0111
Events and relationships
- Explicit · hanshu:026:s0247
- Kind: enfeoffment · Role: grantor · Action: enfeoffed · Other Person Id: Marquis of Enriching the People (富民侯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝末年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 90 · End: BC 87Explicit · hanshu:026:s0244
- Kind: administrative · Role: initiator · Action: established · Event: establishment of twenty-six capital-office prisons / 置中都官狱二十六所 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝武帝以下 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0206
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: regretted-campaigns · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝末年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 90 · End: BC 87Explicit · hanshu:026:s0244
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:126:s0206
References in the histories
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