Guangwu (光武) | 24 Histories

Overview

Guangwu was a Han Emperor.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 57 光武
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment of all emperors since antiquity only Guangwu truly kept his merit ministers safe · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 177

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19 Book of Later Liang 19: Biographies 9: Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Wang Zhongshi, Zhu Zhen, Li Si'an, Deng Jiyun, Huang Wenjing, Hu Gui, Li Dang, Li Zhongyin, Fan Jushi · 1 passage

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乃知自古帝王，能保全功臣者，唯光武一人而已矣。 So of all emperors since antiquity, only Guangwu truly kept his merit ministers safe.