Qin and Han · Ruler

Gengshi Emperor 更始

Attested AD 23 - AD 25

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gengshi Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 23 to AD 25 更始
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 3

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 2 passages

會莽敗，義兵起，宗乃率陽泉民三四百人起兵略地，西至長安，更始以宗為偏將軍。 After Wang Mang fell and loyal forces rose, Zong rallied three or four hundred men from Yangquan, took the field to seize ground, and marched west to Chang'an, where the Gengshi Emperor named him lieutenant general.

宗見更始政亂，因將家屬客安邑。 Seeing the Gengshi regime unravel, he moved his household and settled as a guest in Anyi.