Qin and Han · Ruler

Gengshi Emperor 更始

Attested AD 23 - AD 25

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gengshi Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 23 to AD 25 更始立
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 57

Career and standing

AD 23 to AD 25 更始立
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 57

Places and affiliations

Polity Gengshi 更始 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 57

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 57

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 24Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng · 3 passages

更始立，使使者行郡國，即拜忠都尉官。 When the Gengshi Emperor took power, his envoys toured the provinces and on the spot commissioned Li Zhong as commandant.

會更始遣將攻破信都，忠家屬得全。 Soon afterward a Gengshi general retook Xindu, and Li Zhong's family came through unharmed.

更始時，為信都令，與太守任光、都尉李忠共城守，迎世祖，拜為偏將軍，封造義侯。 Under Gengshi he was magistrate of Xindu; with Governor Ren Guang and Commandant Li Zhong he held the city, welcomed Emperor Guangwu, was named lieutenant general, and enfeoffed as marquis of Zaoyi.