Overview
Son of Heaven was a ruler.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
RolesRuler
Found inRecords of the Grand Historian
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 120 其明年，山東被水菑Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 73
- BC 121 天子為伐胡Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 64, 71
- BC 119 於是天子與公卿議，更錢造幣Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 81
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 71
- At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Ruled fromStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 71
Events and relationships
- Appointed salt iron officialsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
- Discussed currency reformBC 119 於是天子與公卿議，更錢造幣 · Fiscal · Sovereign · Outcome Remade currency; checked monopolistsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 81
- Issued leather and white gold currencyFiscal · SovereignDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 88, 90-94
- Raised horses for Hu campaignBC 121 天子為伐胡 · Military · Sovereign · At Chang'an 長安Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 71
- Reduced meals and opened storesFiscal · Sovereign · Outcome Supported surrendered Hu when government could not supply themDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 72
- Relocated poorMigration · Sovereign · At west of the pass and New Qin south of Shuofang 關以西及朔方以南新秦中 · Outcome More than seven hundred thousand people supplied by governmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 75-76
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- Sent messengers to empty granariesBC 120 其明年，山東被水菑 · Disaster relief · Sovereign · At Shandong 山東Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 73
References in the histories
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