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| Emperor Wu of Han China | |
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| Birth and death: | 156 BC¹–Mar. 29, 87 BC |
| Family name: | Liu (劉) |
| Given name: | Zhi² (彘), later Che³ (徹) |
| Courtesy name (字): | Tong4 (通) |
| Dates of reign: | Mar. 9, 141 BC–Mar. 29, 87 BC |
| Dynasty: | Han (漢) |
| Temple name: | Shizong(世宗) |
| Posthumous name: (short) | Emperor Wu (武帝) |
| Posthumous name: (full) | Emperor Xiao Wu (孝武皇帝) |
| General note: Dates given here are in the proleptic Julian calendar. They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. | |
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| 1. According to some sources, was born on August 27, 156 BC, but most sources do not provide a month and day. All agree on the year. | |
| 2. Allegedly, Emperor Jing, father of Emperor Wu, had a dream in which the late Emperor Gaozu suggested this name. Zhi means "pig", "hog". | |
| 3. Had his name changed into the more suitable Che when he was officially made crown prince in April 150 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC 145 BC Events Alexander B. | |
| 4. This courtesy name is reported by Xun Yue (荀悅) ( 148Events Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Athendodorus to Patriarch Euzois An Shih Kao arrives in China. Births Deaths 148.- 209Events Publius Septimius Geta receives the titles of Imperator and Augustus from his father, Roman emperor Septimius Severus. Births Deaths 209.), the author of Records of the Han Dynasty (漢紀), but other sources do not mention a courtesy name. | |
Emperor Wu of Han China (漢武帝, pinyinPinyin (, pinyin) literally means "join together sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to Hany pinyin (, literal meaning: " Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanizati: Hàn Wudì, Wade-GilesWade-Giles sometimes abbreviated Wade is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade in the mid- 19th century, and reached settled form with H. Han Wu-ti;) ( 156 BC - March 29, 87 BC) was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. A military compaigner, Han China reached its greatest expansion under his reign, spanning from Kyrgyzstan in the west, Northern Korea in the Northeast, to Northern Vietnam in the south. He was best known for his role in expelling the nomadic Xiongnu from the boundary of China. The Han people named themselves after him.
Emperor Wu adopted the principles of Confucianism as the state philosophy and code of ethics for his empire.