Overview
Wang Mang was a ruler and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 1 to AD 6 平帝時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 6, 24
- AD 9 莽篡位Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 26
Career and standing
- controller of court government 專政BC 1 to AD 6 平帝時 · HeldDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 6
- Usurped throneAD 9 莽篡位Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 26
Places and affiliations
- BC 1 to AD 6 平帝時Polity Han 漢 · Relation ControlledDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 6
- AD 9 莽篡位Polity Xin 新 · Relation RuledStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 33, passage 26
Events and relationships
- Monopolized government and barred Feng and Wei maternal clans from officeBC 1 to AD 6 平帝時 · Political · RegentDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 6
- Ordered Grand Empress Dowager to issue edict dismissing Shentu GangDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 24-25
- Seized the throneAD 9 莽篡位 · Political · UsurperDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 26
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 6
References in the histories
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