Overview
The translated histories identify Son of Heaven as a ruler. This record brings together 34 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Son of Heaven | 天子 | Tianzi |
| Title | present emperor | 今天子 | Jintianzi |
| Title | Son of Heaven | 天子 | |
| Title | Son of Heaven | 天子 | Tianzi |
| Title | the emperor | 上 | |
| Title | Your Majesty | 陛下 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0004
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:029:s0025
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 今天子元光之中 · Western Year: BC 132Explicit · shiji:029:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 天子既封禪巡祭山川，其明年 · Western Year: BC 109Explicit · shiji:029:s0064, shiji:029:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 漢興七十有八載 · Western Year: BC 129Explicit · hanshu:067:s0035, hanshu:067:s0004
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:029:s0024, shiji:029:s0025
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:067:s0002
Works and attributed material
- Work: Song of the Huzi Breach / 瓠子之詩 · Relation: authorExplicit · shiji:029:s0068, shiji:029:s0095
- Kind: poem · Role: author · Quoted: true
- Explicit · hanshu:067:s0174, hanshu:067:s0225
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual-planning · Role: sovereign · Action: agreed to attempt feng and shan after reading Xiangru manuscriptExplicit · hanshu:067:s0225, hanshu:067:s0226
- Kind: appointment · Role: sovereign · Action: appointed Xiangru Zhonglangjiang and sent him as envoy · Other Person Id: Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)Explicit · hanshu:067:s0025
- Kind: infrastructure · Role: approver · Action: approved-Bao-Xie-roadExplicit · shiji:029:s0052
- Kind: hydraulic · Role: approver · Action: approved-Hedong-canal-fieldsExplicit · shiji:029:s0042
- Kind: hydraulic · Role: approver · Action: approved-Wei-transport-canalExplicit · shiji:029:s0035
- Kind: disaster-response · Role: director · Action: closed-Huzi-breach · Place: Huzi / 瓠子 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天子既封禪巡祭山川，其明年 · Western Year: BC 109
- Kind: literary · Role: author · Action: composed-Huzi-songsExplicit · shiji:029:s0068
- Kind: policy · Role: ruler · Action: deferred-resealing-breach · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 今天子元光之中 · Western Year: BC 132Explicit event contextual date · shiji:029:s0031
- Kind: ritual · Role: performer · Action: fengshan-and-mountain-river-sacrifices · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天子既封禪巡祭山川 · Western Year: BC 110Explicit · shiji:029:s0064
- Kind: ritual · Role: performer · Action: sank-white-horse-and-jade-bi · Place: breached Yellow River / 決河Explicit · shiji:029:s0066
- Kind: disaster-response · Role: ruler · Action: sent-officials-to-block-Huzi · Place: Huzi / 瓠子 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 今天子元光之中 · Western Year: BC 132Explicit event contextual date · shiji:029:s0025, shiji:029:s0026
References in the histories
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