Overview
Emperor Xiaowu was an emperor of Han.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 117 六年四月乙巳Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 96
- BC 117 孝武帝之時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 145
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Dan (旦)son 子Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 109, 145
- Parent of Xu (胥)son 子Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 123, 145
- Parent of Hong (閎)son 子Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 96, 145
- Kinship Role sons · Count 3Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 145
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 98, 145
Works and attributed material
- BC 117 六年四月乙巳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 109-120
- BC 117 六年四月乙巳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 123-132
- BC 117 六年四月乙巳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 96-106
- BC 117 六年四月乙巳Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 147-148
Events and relationships
- Invested sons as kingsBC 117 六年四月乙巳 · Ritual · Sovereign · With Tang (湯), Hong (閎), Dan (旦), Xu (胥) · At ancestral temple 廟Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 96, 109, 123, 145
- Ordered punitive campaign against xiongnuBC 117 六年四月乙巳 · Military · Sovereign · Counterpart Xiongnu 葷粥 · Outcome Xiongnu withdrew; northern provinces pacifiedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 115-116
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment exemplary modesty in the investiture of the three kings · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 141
- Assessment wise sovereign · Mode named-source-report Speaker Master Chu (褚先生)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 144, 149
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 96, 145
References in the histories
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