Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Zhongzong of Han 漢中宗

Han Zhongzong

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhongzong of Han was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 48 漢之中宗
Strongly inferred · jinshu:072:s0073a28

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a28

Assessments and attributes

Assessment intelligent, perceptive, and decisive, a good ruler, yet damaged pure virtue by sharpening attention on punishments and names · Mode quoted-document Speaker Guo Pu (璞)
Directly stated · jinshu:072:s0073a28

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 42: Guo Pu; Ge Hong · 1 passage

漢之中宗，聰悟獨斷，可謂令主，然厲意刑名，用虧純德。 Emperor Zhongzong of Han was intelligent, perceptive, and decisive, and may be called a good ruler, yet by sharpening his attention on punishments and names he damaged pure virtue.