Wang Mang (45 BCE – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor (始建國天帝), was the founder and the only emperor of...

which lasted from 9 to 23 AD, established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of the Emperor Ping of Han and the infant "crown...

historians, unwittingly) led to the usurpation of the throne by her nephew Wang Mang. She is largely viewed sympathetically by historians as an unassuming...

Wang Mang was appointed regent by Grand Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. Dissatisfied with his father's dictatorial regency, in AD 3, Wang's son Wang Yu...

Wang Mang chose the youngest of the available successors in order to maintain his power in the government. The child Ying was soon deposed by Wang Mang...

of the Han dynasty that had been restored following the downfall of Wang Mang's short-lived Xin dynasty. He was also known by his courtesy name Shenggong...

Following the usurpation of the Han throne by Wang Mang and the ensuing civil war during the disintegration of Wang's Xin dynasty, he emerged as one of several...

interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) established by the usurping regent Wang Mang, and is thus separated into two periods—the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD)...

of the people towards the government and the acquisition of power by Wang Mang, in a backlash, after Ai died in 1 BC. Emperor Ai was also famous for...

Han (25–220 CE), interrupted briefly by the Xin dynasty (9–23 CE) of Wang Mang. These appellations are derived from the locations of the capital cities...

Empress Wang (王皇后)(8 BC – 5 October 23 AD), formally Empress Xiaoping (孝平皇后), formally during her father Wang Mang's Xin dynasty Duchess Dowager of Ding'an...

of the Chinese Western Han dynasty (Ruzi Ying) was deposed, allowing Wang Mang to establish the Xin dynasty. Literary works from the 0s include works...

continue to be produced for some time after its fall. Wang Mang was a nephew of the Dowager Empress Wang. In AD 9, he usurped the throne, and founded the Xin...

After Wang Gen, Empress Dowager Wang's nephew Wang Mang served in the same role: Wang Feng, 33–22 BC Wang Yin, 22–15 BC Wang Shang, 15–12 BC Wang Gen,...

was an empress during the Xin dynasty. Lady Wang married her husband, the eventual Xin emperor Wang Mang while he was still a commoner (albeit a well-connected...

or Former Han dynasty from the first emperor in 206 BCE to the fall of Wang Mang in 23 CE. The work was composed by Ban Gu (32–92 CE), an Eastern Han court...

emperor against Wang Mang. July – After being under siege for two months, about 19,000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops in the...

Could well have been cast at other times.: 85, 91–94  Wang Mang was a nephew of the Dowager Empress Wang. In AD 9, he usurped the throne, and founded the Xin...

'green forest') was one of two major agrarian rebellion movements against Wang Mang's short-lived Xin dynasty in the modern southern Henan and northern Hubei...

8-year-old cousin Ping, who is enthroned on October 17. Wang Mang is appointed regent by Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun, his aunt. Former regent Dong Xian, who...

January 10 – Wang Mang founds the short-lived Xin dynasty in China (until AD 25). Wang Mang names his wife, Wang, empress and his son, Wang Lin Crown Prince...

of Wang Zhaojun to Huhanye) to recruit some against others. During the interregnum Xin dynasty, Wuzhuliu chanyu waged war in 11 AD after Wang Mang, who...

by the former regent Wang Mang, formed a brief interregnum between lengthy periods of Han rule. Following the fall of Wang Mang, the Han capital was moved...

Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun becomes Grand Empress Dowager and the Emperor's grandmother Consort Fu becomes Empress Dowager. Wang Mang resigns as head...

adapting!" Later in the Han dynasty, the official Wang Mang usurped the emperor and took the throne. Wang Mang proclaimed to have descended from Jian of Qi...

ultimately did not. As part of the "turning the clock back" reformations by Wang Mang during the short-lived Xin dynasty, the system was restored temporarily...

period. Wang Mang foils a plot by his son, Wang Yu, his brother-in-law, Lu Kuan, and the Wei clan to oust him from the regent's position. Wang Yu and Lu...

land distribution had fallen out of use in China though reformers like Wang Mang tried to restore it. The equal-field system was introduced into practice...

February 3 – The boy emperor, Ping Di, dies of unexpected causes at age 14; Wang Mang alone selects the new emperor, Ruzi Ying, age 2, starting the Jushe era...

Dowager Wang summoned her nephew Wang Mang back to the palace as well and transferred the command of the imperial guard from Dong to Wang. Wang Mang then...