Qin and Han · Emperor of Han

Emperor Wu

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Wu
Title the emperor
Title The sovereign

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0255
  • Source Date: Text: 與寬議封禪於上前 · Western Year: BC 110
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0250

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: achievements and institutional writings of this talent generation scarcely equaled by later ages · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0259
  • Assessment: truly knows men · Provenance: Mode: speech · Speaker Person Id: Chu Da (褚大)
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0250

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 3 passages