at his tomb. The emperor's temple tablet name is Shizong (世宗) One of Han Wudi's innovations was the practice of changing reign names after a number of...
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north of China. The vassal of the Xiongnu, and later confidant of Emperor Han Wudi, Jin Midi (134–86 BCE) would be described as both a Hu (胡), and a Yidi...
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Xiutu (category Han dynasty)
Han Wudi, who gave him the title of Duke. King Xiutu has a son named Midi, born in 134 BC, who was also captured and became a close aid to Han Wudi,...
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stone sculptures at the Mausoleum of Huo Qubing, a general of Emperor Han Wudi who went to the western regions to fight the Xiongnu. In literary sources...
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Zhang Qian (category Emperor Wu of Han)
describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156–87 BC) worshipping Buddhist statues, explaining them as "golden men brought in 120 BC by a great Han general in his campaigns...
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Silk Road (category Han dynasty)
moved further east during the Later Han to Luoyang. The route was defined around the 1st century BCE when Han Wudi put an end to harassment by nomadic...
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Dayuan (section Han Chinese rule and interaction)
alliance with the Yuezhi against the Xiongnu, in vain), the Chinese emperor Wudi became interested in developing commercial relationships with the sophisticated...
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Huo Qubing (category Han dynasty generals)
expedition): 漢武帝將其部眾討凶奴,並獲得二金(人),(各)長丈餘,刊〔列〕之於甘泉宮,帝(以)為大神,常行拜褐時 Emperor Han Wudi directed his troops to fight the Xiongnu and obtained two golden statues...
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Ta-Hia (Chinese: 大夏; pinyin: Dàxià) was the name given in antiquity by the Han Chinese to Tukhara or Tokhara:[citation needed] the central part of Bactria...
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were Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty, emperors Gaozu, Han Wudi as well as Guangwu of the Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang of the Tang, the Hongwu Emperor...
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Modu Chanyu (redirect from Mete Han)
Dynasty Tamara Ta Lun Chin ... Emperor Han Wudi's military push to reverse the power relations between Xiongnu and Han stands in stark contrast to the original...
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Chen Jiao (redirect from Chen Jiao (Han dynasty))
"A'Jiao" came from Ban Gu's Hanwu Stories (漢武故事 / 汉武故事 also called Stories of Han Wudi), thought to be written during the Wei-Jin period. Princess Guantao initially...
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drama, Loved in the Purple. In 2014, he portrayed Han Wudi in the drama The Virtuous Queen of Han, which won him the "Top 10 Most Popular Actor" award...
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describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156–87 BC) worshiping Buddhist statues, explaining them as "golden men brought in 120 BC by a great Han general in his campaigns...
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During most of the Han period the Analects was not considered one of the principal texts of Confucianism. During the reign of Han Wudi (141–87 BC), when...
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Lady Li (category Han dynasty posthumous empresses)
had one son named Bo (髆). However, although composed in the persona of Han Wudi, there is doubt as to the actual authorship of this and similar poems....
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was the year of the great imperial sacrifice fengshan (zh:封禅) by Emperor Han Wudi, for which the emperor appointed another person to the rank of fangshi...
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Louche (category Han dynasty)
Chinese agronomist Zhao Guo, a Han official in charge of agricultural production during the reign of Han Wudi in the Han dynasty (156 – 29 March 87 BC)...
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on the steppe that the Han could ally with against the Xiongnu. Upon his return, Zhang Qian informed the Chinese emperor Han Wudi of the level of sophistication...
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longest reigning emperor of the dynasty was Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 BC), or Wudi, who reigned for 54 years. The dynasty was briefly interrupted by the Xin...
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brought under Han rule by Han Wudi in the second century BC, and this rule led to cultural influences on both areas for many centuries to come. Wudi also faced...
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Flying Horse of Gansu (category Han dynasty)
breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status...
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describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156–87 BCE) worshiping Buddhist statues, explaining them as "golden men brought in 120 BCE by a great Han general in his campaigns...
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Munatius Plancus, Roman consul (approximate date) March 29 – Han Wudi, emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 157 BC) Apollodorus of Artemita, Greek writer Gaius...
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Music of China (section Music of the Han culture)
in the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC), was greatly expanded under the emperor Han Wudi (140–87 BC) and charged with supervising court music and military music...
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territory (167, 158, 142, 129 BC). The Han dynasty started to fight the Xiongnu in the 2nd century BC under emperor Han Wudi, and colonized the area of the Ordos...
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Ban Biao (category Han dynasty government officials)
Xiongnu King Xiutu and brother of Jin Midi, who had been adopted by Han Wudi and founded of the Jin name (金). The Xiongnu origins of Ban Biao on the maternal...
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made Jing Ke a martyr. In the Han dynasty, the court historian Sima Qian was also maligned by rivals and the Emperor Han Wudi sentenced him to either death...
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the Emperor Wu of Han invaded Wiman Joseon near the Luan River. After failing several times to defeat Wiman Joseon's armies, Han Wudi tried to convince...
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