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Emperor Wen was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Ruled
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Book of Han, Chapter 47Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao · 9 passages
文帝元年，盡以高后時所割齊之城陽、琅邪、濟南郡復予齊，而徙琅邪王王燕。
In the first year of Emperor Wen's reign, Chengyang, Langye, and Jinan—the commanderies carved from Qi under Empress Dowager Lü—were all restored to Qi, and the king of Langye was transferred to rule Yan.
城陽景王章，孝文二年以朱虛侯與東牟侯興居俱立，二年薨。
Liu Zhang, Prince Jing of Chengyang, was enfeoffed in the second year of Emperor Wen together with his brother Xingju, Marquis of Dongmou; he died two years later.
孝文十二年，徙王淮南，五年，復還王城陽，凡立三十三年薨。
In the twelfth year of Emperor Wen he was transferred to Huainan; five years after that he was brought back to Chengyang. He reigned thirty-three years in all before he died.
濟北王興居初以東牟侯與大臣共立文帝於代邸，曰：「誅呂氏，臣無功，請與太僕滕公俱入清宮。」
Liu Xingju of Jibei had been Marquis of Dongmou when he helped the ministers enthrone Emperor Wen at the princely residence in Dai. "We slew the Lü," he said then, "yet I had no share in the glory. Let me join Grand Coachman Xiahou Ying in clearing the palace."
及文帝立，聞朱虛、東牟之初欲立齊王，故黜其功。
When Emperor Wen took the throne, he learned that the Marquis of Zhuxu and the Marquis of Dongmou had at first wished to make the king of Qi emperor, and therefore diminished their rewards.
歲餘，章薨，而匈奴大入邊，漢多發兵，丞相灌嬰將擊之，文帝親幸太原。
A little more than a year later Zhang died. The Xiongnu raided deeply along the frontier; the Han mobilized large forces; Chancellor Guan Ying took command; and Emperor Wen personally went to Taiyuan.
文帝憫濟北王逆亂以自滅，明年，盡封悼惠王諸子罷軍等七人為列侯。
Pitying the king of Jibei for destroying himself through rebellion, the next year Emperor Wen enfeoffed seven sons of Prince Daohui, including Liu Bagun, as ranked marquises.
時悼惠王後尚有城陽王在，文帝憐悼惠王適嗣之絕，於是乃分齊為六國，盡立前所封悼惠王子列侯見在者六人為王。
The king of Chengyang still survived among Prince Daohui's descendants; pitying the extinction of the legitimate Qi succession, Emperor Wen divided Qi into six kingdoms and invested all six of Prince Daohui's living sons who had previously held marquisates as kings.
孝文十六年，六王同日俱立。
In the sixteenth year of Emperor Wen all six were invested on the same day.