Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Xuan 宣帝

Xuan Di

Attested BC 74 - BC 49

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 49 宣帝時
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Emperor Xuan (宣帝之父)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 20

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 2

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 3 passages

高祖父安世，宣帝時為大司馬衛將軍，封富平侯。 Four generations back, his ancestor Zhang Anshi had served under Emperor Xuan as grand marshal and general of the guard and had been made marquis of Fuping.

昔高帝以自受命，不由太上，宣帝以孫後祖，不敢私親，故為父立廟，獨群臣侍祠。 Gaozu took the mandate in his own person, not from a "supreme emperor"; Emperor Xuan, exalting an ancestor as a grandson, still shrank from privileging kin and built a father-temple served only by ministers.

詔下公卿，大司徒戴涉、大司空竇融議：『宜以宣、元、成、哀、平五帝四世代今親廟，宣、元皇帝尊為祖、父，可親奉祠，成帝以下，有司行事，別為南頓君立皇考廟。 The edict went to the high ministers. Dai She and Dou Rong proposed: "Use the five rulers from Xuan through Ping, with four generations, in place of today's private shrines; Xuan and Yuan as grandfather and father may receive worship from you in person; from Cheng on let officials officiate; add a separate "imperial father" temple for Lord Nandun.