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 110 元封元年Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 246, 254-255
- BC 112 其明年，南越反Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 223-224
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Crown Prince (太子)Crown Prince 太子Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 246
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 241
Works and attributed material
- Edict · Author · With Bu Shi (卜式) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Son of Heaven (天子)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 231-233
Events and relationships
- was not pleased with Bu Shi 不悅卜式Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 240
- distributed rewards along the tour from Great Farmer funds 所過賞賜…皆取足大農Ritual · Authority · Distributed rewardsDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 256
- established seventeen new commanderies from Panyu west to south of Shu 置初郡十七Administrative · Authority · Established commanderiesDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 241
- ordered ranked contributors of mares to post stations 著令…出牝馬天下亭Administrative · Authority · Issued decreeDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 228
- ordered attacks on Nanyue and the Xiqiang and construction at Lingju 擊南越…擊西羌…筑令居Military · Commander in chief · Ordered campaignsDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 224
- ordered officials to pray for rain in a slight drought 是歲小旱，上令官求雨BC 110 是歲 · Ritual · Authority · Ordered rain prayersDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 264
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- pardoned prisoners throughout the realm 赦天下囚Legal · Authority · Pardoned prisonersDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 224
- permitted the equalization policy 許之Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 254
- proclaimed Bu Shi's reward to the realm 布告天下Ritual · Authority · ProclaimedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 234
- Han kept troops three years, punished the Qiang, extinguished Nanyue 漢連兵三歲，誅羌，滅南越BC 112 to BC 111 漢連兵三歲 · Military · Sovereign · Sustained campaignsDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 241
- north to Shuofang, east to Taishan, toured the coast, returned along the northern frontier 北至朔方，東到太山，巡海上，并北邊以歸BC 110 元封元年 · Travel · Principal · TouredDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 255
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment righteousness taking form within · Of Person Id Bu Shi (卜式) · Mode quotation Speaker Son of Heaven (天子)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 232
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 224
References in the histories
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