Wang Mang (王莽) | 24 Histories

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Wang Mang was a ruler and Official.

AD 6 to AD 8 王莽居攝
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 283
AD 10 莽乃下詔
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 327-328
AD 9 莽即真
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 288
AD 9 to AD 10 莽性躁擾
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passage 326
AD 9 to AD 10 莽患之，下詔
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 288, 322
AD 9 to AD 10 莽知民愁
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passage 325

regent 居攝
AD 6 to AD 8 居攝 · Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 283
confiscation and one year of county labor for false or omitted occupational self-registration 盡沒入所采取，而作縣官一歲
AD 10 又以周官稅民 · Decreed
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 338
exile to the four frontiers for criticizing well-fields or keeping wuzhu coins 投諸四裔
AD 9 to AD 10 莽患之，下詔 · Decreed
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 322
Acceded
AD 9 即真 · formally took the throne (即真)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 288

AD 9 即真
Polity Xin 新 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 288
AD 6 to AD 8 居攝
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served as regent
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 283
AD 10 遂於長安及五都立五均官
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Established offices at
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 330

Edict · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 322, 328-329

Abolished inlaid knife contract knife and wuzhu
AD 9 即真 · Monetary · Reformer · Reason claimed the graph Liu contained metal and knife
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 288
Altered Han institutions
AD 6 to AD 8 居攝 · Institutional reform · Reformer
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 283
Cast contract and inlaid knives
AD 6 to AD 8 居攝 · Monetary · Issuer
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 283-287
Cast large coin fifty
AD 6 to AD 8 居攝 · Monetary · Issuer · Item Large Coin Fifty 大錢五十
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 283
Created precious currencies
AD 9 即真 · Monetary · Issuer · Item Precious Currencies 寶貨
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 288-316
Currency failed and private wuzhu trade persisted
AD 9 to AD 10 即真 · Economic · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 320-322

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Farmers and merchants lost livelihoods and mass convictions
AD 9 to AD 10 莽患之，下詔 · Economic · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 322-324
Imposed Zhou style idle land and occupation taxes and self registration
AD 10 又以周官稅民 · Fiscal · Taxer
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 333-338
Opened lending five equalizations and balancing offices
AD 10 莽乃下詔 · Economic · Reformer · At Chang'an and the five capitals 長安及五都
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 328-331
Restricted circulation to small coin one and large coin fifty
AD 9 to AD 10 莽知民愁 · Monetary · Reformer
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 325
Set bao huo material and size rules
AD 9 即真 · Monetary · Regulator
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 27, passages 288, 317-319
Relation Consulted · Person Liu Xin (劉歆)
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 327

Assessment agitated and restless, unable to remain inactive; insisted on classical textual warrant for every innovation · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 326

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 6 passages