Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Xiaojing as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 156 passages from 35 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Xiaojing	孝景皇帝	Xiaojing Huangdi
Title	crown prince	太子
Title	Crown Prince	皇太子
Title	Crown Prince	太子
Title	Crown Prince	太子	Taizi
Title	Crown Prince	太子	Tàizǐ
Title	Emperor	帝
Title	Emperor	皇帝
Temple	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jingdi
Title	Emperor Jing	景帝
Title	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jing Di
Temple name	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jǐngdì
Title	Emperor Jing	孝景
Regnal	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jingdi
Regnal	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiaojing
Temple	Emperor Jing	景帝
Temple name	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiaojing
Title	Emperor Jing	景
Regnal	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jǐng dì
Title	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiào Jǐng
Posthumous	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiàojǐng
Temple name	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jingdi
Regnal	Emperor Jing	景	Jing
Title	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jingdi
Posthumous	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jǐngdì
Temple	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jǐngdì
Personal name	Emperor Jing	孝景皇帝	Xiaojing Huangdi
Posthumous	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiaojing
Title	Emperor Jing	孝景帝	Xiaojing Di
Temple	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jǐng Dì
Temple	Emperor Jing	景帝	Jing Di
Temple name	Emperor Jing	孝景	Xiàojǐng
Temple name	Emperor Xiaojing	孝景皇帝	Xiaojing Huangdi
Temple name	Emperor Xiaojing	孝景
Temple	Emperor Xiaojing	孝景
Temple name	Emperor Xiaojing	孝景帝
Posthumous	Filial Jing	孝景	Xiào Jǐng
Personal	Han's Jing	漢景
Title	heir apparent	太子
Title	heir apparent	太子	Taizi
Title	Jing	景	Jing
Personal	Jing	景	Jing
Posthumous	Jing	景帝	Jǐngdì
Title	Jing	景
Personal	Jing	景	Jǐng
Temple	Jing	景	Jing
Temple name	Jing	景
Title	Son of Heaven	天子
Title	Son of Heaven	天子	Tianzi
Title	the emperor
Temple name	Xiaojing	孝景	Xiaojing
Temple	Xiaojing	孝景	Xiaojing
Temple name	Xiaojing	孝景	Xiàojǐng
Title	Your Majesty	陛下
Temple name		孝景	Xiaojing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0001, hanshu:044:s0260, hanshu:046:s0119, hanshu:051:s0080, hanshu:055:s0019, hanshu:066:s0006, hanshu:102:s0020, houhanshu:034:s0056, houhanshu:125:s0004, houhanshu:130:s0089, shiji:011:s0001, shiji:050:s0018, shiji:098:s0068, shiji:100:s0103, shiji:103:s0015, shiji:114:s0008
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:058:s0466, hanshu:059:s0031, houhanshu:110:s0046, houhanshu:128:s0024, jiuwudaishi:143:s0007, shiji:023:s0023, shiji:102:s0031, shiji:104:s0039, shiji:124:s0049
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0011
Value: male
Explicit · shiji:125:s0028, shiji:125:s0031

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Place: Weiyang Palace / 未央宮 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年春正月甲子 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0183
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年正月甲子 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · shiji:011:s0113, shiji:011:s0112, shiji:011:s0107

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 八月戊申 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0165
Source Date: Text: 景帝中元五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0089
Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: BC 150
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0081, hanshu:006:s0082, hanshu:006:s0084, hanshu:006:s0085
Source Date: Text: 七年 · Western Year: BC 150
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0048
Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0053, hanshu:006:s0057
Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0021
Source Date: Text: 中三年 · Western Year: BC 147
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0102, hanshu:006:s0103, hanshu:006:s0108
Source Date: Text: 中三年 · Western Year: BC 147
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0066
Source Date: Text: 中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0089, hanshu:006:s0096, hanshu:006:s0098
Source Date: Text: 中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0060
Source Date: Text: 中五年 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0116, hanshu:006:s0120
Source Date: Text: 中五年 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0071
Source Date: Text: 中元年 · Western Year: BC 149
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0087
Source Date: Text: 中元年 · Western Year: BC 149
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0056
Source Date: Text: 中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0125, hanshu:006:s0129
Source Date: Text: 中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0077
Source Date: Text: 中四年 · Western Year: BC 146
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0109, hanshu:006:s0111
Source Date: Text: 中四年 · Western Year: BC 146
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0068
Source Date: Text: 事孝景帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0006
Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 155
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0046, hanshu:006:s0048
Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 155
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0009
Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: BC 152
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0076, hanshu:006:s0078
Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: BC 152
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0040
Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0006
Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0004
Source Date: Text: 六年 · Western Year: BC 151
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0079, hanshu:006:s0080
Source Date: Text: 六年 · Western Year: BC 151
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0045
Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: BC 153
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0071, hanshu:006:s0072
Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: BC 153
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0034
Source Date: Text: 太子與梁王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:102:s0031
Source Date: Text: 孝景三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:114:s0008
Source Date: Text: 孝景中二年 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · shiji:098:s0068
Source Date: Text: 孝景前六年中 · Western Year: BC 151
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0095
Source Date: Text: 孝景即位 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit · hanshu:055:s0019
Source Date: Text: 孝景即位 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0015
Source Date: Text: 孝景時 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:023:s0023, shiji:023:s0025
Source Date: Text: 建武二十六年 · Western Year: AD 50
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:110:s0046
Source Date: Text: 後七年六月 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0003, hanshu:006:s0004
Source Date: Text: 後三年 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0176, hanshu:006:s0182, hanshu:006:s0183
Source Date: Text: 後三年 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0107
Source Date: Text: 後二年 · Western Year: BC 142
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0151, hanshu:006:s0152, hanshu:006:s0155
Source Date: Text: 後二年 · Western Year: BC 142
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0095
Source Date: Text: 後元年 · Western Year: BC 143
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0140, hanshu:006:s0150
Source Date: Text: 後元年 · Western Year: BC 143
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:011:s0087
Source Date: Text: 文、景 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · mingshi:008:s0159
Source Date: Text: 文帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
Explicit · shiji:125:s0028, shiji:125:s0029
Source Date: Text: 文帝時為太子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0031
Source Date: Text: 文帝時為太子 · Western Year: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0013
Source Date: Text: 景帝…吴楚之难 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:125:s0004
Source Date: Text: 景帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0119
Source Date: Text: 景帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0070, houhanshu:128:s0024, houhanshu:128:s0104
Source Date: Text: 景帝中五年 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit · shiji:100:s0103
Source Date: Text: 景帝之悅濟北 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0056
Source Date: Text: 景帝召田叔案梁 · Western Year: BC 148
Explicit · shiji:104:s0039
Source Date: Text: 景帝立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:102:s0070
Source Date: Text: 景帝立 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · shiji:125:s0031, shiji:125:s0037
Source Date: Text: 景帝聞之 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · shiji:124:s0049
Source Date: Text: 景武之間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 87
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0112
Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0080
Source Date: Text: 漢已平吳楚 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:050:s0018
Source Date: Text: 漢文、景之君 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0216

Family

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Descendant of Empress Dowager Bo (薄氏)
Kinship Term: Grand Empress Dowager / 太皇太后 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Sibling of King of Liang (梁王)
Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
Child of Emperor Wen of Han (漢文)
Kinship Term: Crown Prince / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: middle son / 中子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: son / 兒子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: Crown Prince / 太子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: middle son / 中子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
Parent of Crown Prince Li (栗太子)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: crown prince / 太子 · Parentage: biological
Child of Empress Dowager (太后)
Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Spouse of Empress Bo (薄皇后)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: divorced
Spouse of Empress Wang (王氏)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Parent of Che (徹)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yu (餘)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Cheng (乘)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Duan (端)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Parent of Sheng (勝)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Parent of Ji (寄)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Parent of Pengzu (彭祖)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Rong (榮)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Fei (非)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yue (越)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Parent of Yan (閼)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of De (德)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Fa (發)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Shun (舜)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Liu Shun (舜)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
Sibling of Liu Wu (劉武)
Kinship Term: King Xiao of Liang / 梁孝王 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Kinship Term: King Xiao of Liang / 梁孝王 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
Child of Lady Dou (竇氏)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Imperial Princess married to the Xiongnu Chanyu (公主)
Kinship Term: princess / 公主 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Child of Emperor Wen (文帝)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Sibling of King of Liang (梁王)
Kinship Term: sons / 兒子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother

Career and standing

Status: emperor · Label: Emperor Jing / 景帝 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:128:s0024, houhanshu:128:s0104
Title: Emperor / 皇帝 · Action: acceded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後七年六月丁未 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0003, hanshu:006:s0004
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景帝立 · Western Year: BC 157
Explicit · shiji:102:s0070, shiji:102:s0130
Office: emperor / 帝
Explicit · shiji:125:s0031
Text: succeeded Emperor Wen
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:105:s0034
孝景即位
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0466
Text: took the throne
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0386

Places and affiliations

Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:023:s0023
Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0006
Polity: Han
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0386
Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: of
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0001, hanshu:006:s0004
Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0119, houhanshu:130:s0089, shiji:011:s0001, shiji:125:s0031
Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:055:s0019, shiji:102:s0070
Polity: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:059:s0070, shiji:103:s0015
Polity: Western Han / 西汉 · Relation: ruled
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:125:s0004
Polity Text: Han
Explicit · hanshu:102:s0020
Text: Han / 漢
Strongly inferred · hanshu:065:s0003
Place: Yangling / 陽陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二月癸酉 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0186

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Wei Wan (衛綰)
Explicit · shiji:103:s0082, shiji:103:s0084, shiji:103:s0088
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年冬十二月 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0053, hanshu:006:s0054, hanshu:006:s0055
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年夏六月 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0065, hanshu:006:s0066, hanshu:006:s0067
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中五年九月 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0120, hanshu:006:s0121, hanshu:006:s0122, hanshu:006:s0123, hanshu:006:s0124
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中六年五月 · Western Year: BC 144
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0130, hanshu:006:s0131, hanshu:006:s0132, hanshu:006:s0133
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年冬十月 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0006, hanshu:006:s0007, hanshu:006:s0008, hanshu:006:s0009, hanshu:006:s0010, hanshu:006:s0011, hanshu:006:s0012, hanshu:006:s0013, hanshu:006:s0014, hanshu:006:s0015, hanshu:006:s0016, hanshu:006:s0017, hanshu:006:s0018, hanshu:006:s0019, hanshu:006:s0020, hanshu:006:s0021
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年春正月 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0030, hanshu:006:s0031, hanshu:006:s0032, hanshu:006:s0033
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年秋七月 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0038, hanshu:006:s0039, hanshu:006:s0040
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · shiji:011:s0114, shiji:011:s0115
Kind: testamentary-edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0184, hanshu:006:s0185
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年春正月 · Western Year: BC 141
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0176, hanshu:006:s0177, hanshu:006:s0178, hanshu:006:s0179, hanshu:006:s0180, hanshu:006:s0181
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後二年五月 · Western Year: BC 142
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0168, hanshu:006:s0169, hanshu:006:s0170, hanshu:006:s0171, hanshu:006:s0172, hanshu:006:s0173, hanshu:006:s0174
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後二年夏四月 · Western Year: BC 142
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0155, hanshu:006:s0156, hanshu:006:s0157, hanshu:006:s0158, hanshu:006:s0159, hanshu:006:s0160, hanshu:006:s0161, hanshu:006:s0162, hanshu:006:s0163, hanshu:006:s0164, hanshu:006:s0165, hanshu:006:s0166, hanshu:006:s0167
Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後元年春正月 · Western Year: BC 143
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0140, hanshu:006:s0141, hanshu:006:s0142, hanshu:006:s0143, hanshu:006:s0144, hanshu:006:s0145
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Tian Shu (田叔)
Explicit · shiji:104:s0040, shiji:104:s0043, shiji:104:s0045
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · shiji:103:s0018

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: adopted-plan · Other Person Id: Chao Cuo (晁錯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝景用其計 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:023:s0025
Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: curtailed-feudal-kings · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景帝…吴楚之难 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0004
Kind: political · Role: authority · Action: dismissed-from-office · Other Person Id: Deng Tong (鄧通)
Explicit · shiji:125:s0031
Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: divided Liang into five kingdoms and enfeoffed five sons of King Xiao · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中六年夏四月 · Western Year: BC 144
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0129
Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: edict allowing six-hundred-picul officials and above to apply carriage screen-bars, bronze five extremities, and auspicious tubes on the yoke · Label: edict on carriage screen-bars / 始詔六百石以上施車轓，得銅五末，軛有吉陽筩 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景帝中元五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: BC 145
Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0089
Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: executed · Other Person Id: Chao Cuo (晁錯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0025
Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: executed · Other Person Id: Chao Cuo (晁錯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天子誅錯以解難 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:023:s0025
Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: granted-amnesty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年四月乙卯 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · shiji:011:s0004
Kind: diplomatic · Role: sovereign · Action: heqin-with-xiongnu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: BC 156
Explicit · shiji:011:s0008
Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: ordered execution of Jian clan and Zhou Yong
Explicit · shiji:124:s0049
Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: proposed-succession · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢已平吳楚 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:050:s0018
Kind: diplomatic · Role: sovereign · Action: received-surrender-of-two-xiongnu-kings · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中三年春 · Western Year: BC 147
Explicit · shiji:011:s0067
Kind: administrative · Role: actor · Action: renamed-office · Label: renamed privy treasurer of works to master of works / 改为将作大匠 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · houhanshu:128:s0104
Kind: administrative · Role: actor · Action: renamed-office · Label: renamed the office grand prolonger of autumn / 更为大长秋 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 157 · End: BC 141
Explicit · houhanshu:128:s0024
Kind: ritual · Role: sovereign · Action: suburban-sacrifice-five-emperors · Place: Yong / 雍 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中六年二月己卯 · Western Year: BC 144
Explicit · shiji:011:s0077
Kind: medical · Role: caregiver · Action: sucked-abscess-reluctantly · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Han (漢文)
Explicit · shiji:125:s0029
Kind: military · Role: sovereign · Action: suppressed-rebellion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0024, shiji:011:s0025, shiji:011:s0026
Type: son-of · Person Id: Emperor Wen of Han (漢文)
Strongly inferred · hanshu:058:s0132, hanshu:058:s0466, hanshu:105:s0031, hanshu:105:s0034
Relation: grudge-against · Person Id: Deng Tong (鄧通)
Explicit · shiji:125:s0030
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Zhi Du (郅都)
Explicit · shiji:125:s0037
Relation: favored · Person Id: King of Jibei (濟北王)
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0056

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: followed Wen's frugal precedent; with Wen transformed customs over fifty to sixty years · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0190, hanshu:006:s0191
Assessment: no longer feared kings of other surnames; crisis hinged on policy · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Sima Qian (太史公)
Explicit · shiji:011:s0119, shiji:011:s0121

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · houhanshu:128:s0024, shiji:050:s0018

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 6 passages