Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Xiaowen 孝文帝

Xiaowen

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Xiaowen as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Xiaowen 孝文帝 Xiaowen
Temple name Emperor Wen 孝文
Title Emperor Wen 文帝
Title Emperor Wen 孝文帝 Xiàowén dì
Title Emperor Wen 文帝 Wén dì
Temple Emperor Xiaowen 孝文 Xiàowén
Title Emperor Xiaowen 孝文帝

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝文 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Strongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0118
  • Source Date: Text: 孝文帝立 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0135
  • Source Date: Text: 孝文時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit · shiji:026:s0044

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 2 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage