Qin and Han · Emperor of Western Han

Emperor Xuan 宣帝

Attested BC 74 - BC 49

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuan was an emperor of Western Han.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 49 霍光遠立宣帝
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 178

Career and standing

Established by
BC 74 霍光遠立宣帝 · With Huo Guang (霍光) · Mode named-speech Speaker Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 178

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 178

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 45Volume 45 Biographies 26: The Imperial Clan · 2 passages

霍光亦捨漢蕃親而遠立宣帝。」 Huo Guang also set aside the Han imperial clansmen and established Emperor Xuan from afar."

慶遠曰：「此非其類，乃可言宣帝立與不立義當云何。 Qingyuan said, "That is not the same case; one may speak only of whether establishing Emperor Xuan was right—what ought the principle to be?