Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Yuan 元帝

Yuán Dì

Attested BC 48 - BC 48

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yuan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 元帝初即位
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 203
BC 48 初元元年
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 203

Events and relationships

Zhuya rebelled again
BC 48 初元元年 · Military · Ruler · At Zhuya 珠崖
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passages 210-211

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 203

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 4 passages

元帝初即位，上疏言得失，召待詔金馬門。 Soon after Emperor Yuan took the throne, Jia Juanzhi presented a memorial on policy, and the court added him to the scholars awaiting summons at the Golden Horse Gate.

元帝初元元年，珠崖又反，發兵擊之。 In Emperor Yuan's first Chuyuan year Zhuya rebelled once more, and the court sent troops against it.

上與有司議大發軍，捐之建議，以為不當擊。 The emperor and his ministers debated a major mobilization, but Jia Juanzhi argued that conquest was the wrong course.

上使侍中駙馬都尉樂昌侯王商詰問捐之曰：「珠崖內屬為郡久矣，今背畔逆節，而云不當擊，長蠻夷之亂，虧先帝功德，經義何以處之？」 The emperor ordered Wang Shang, the marquis of Yuechang, who served as palace attendant and commandant of household cavalry, to confront Jia Juanzhi. 'Zhuya has been an internal commandery for ages,' he said. 'Now it breaks faith. To refuse a campaign is to encourage barbarian revolt and blot the achievement of the late emperor. What do the classics say to that?'