Overview
Emperor Yuan of Han was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 48 to BC 33 漢元帝即位之初Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 176
- BC 48 to BC 33 漢元成Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142
Career and standing
- BC 48 即位之初Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 176
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 142, 176
Events and relationships
- At accession changed more than seventy institutions with sincere heart and fine reputationPolitical · RulerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 176
- Cited with Cheng as wishing to emulate Tang and Yu yet ending in defeatPolitical · RulerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142
- Lost grip on power because he could not select and employ the worthyPolitical · RulerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 177
- Relation Served by · Person Shi Xian (石顯)Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passages 147, 176
- Relation Served by · Person Hong Gong (弘恭)Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passages 147, 176
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment sincere at the start but failed by not choosing the worthy and bright · Mode quotation Speaker Liu Fen (劉蕡)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 176-177
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 142, 176
References in the histories
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