Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Wu 武帝

Wǔ Dì

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 93, passage 122

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Crown Prince Li (戾太子)
crown prince 太子
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 93, passage 122

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 2 passages

祖父恭有女弟，武帝時爲衞太子良娣，產悼皇考。 His grandfather Shi Gong had a younger sister who, in Emperor Wu's reign, served as a worthy lady attendant to Crown Prince Wei and bore the Lamented Imperial Father.

上疾稍侵，意忽忽不平，數問尚書以景帝時立膠東王故事。 As his illness deepened, the emperor grew restless and repeatedly asked the Masters of Writing about the precedent from Emperor Jing's reign of enthroning the Prince of Jiaodong instead of the crown prince.