Qin and Han · Emperor of Han

Emperor Xian of Han 漢獻帝

Han Xiandi

Attested AD 189 - AD 220

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Emperor Xian of Han was an emperor of Han.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Han's Xian	漢獻

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 189 漢中平六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 66
AD 189 to AD 220 chapter chronology
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 30, passage 143
AD 189 to AD 220 漢獻
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passage 162

Key source chapters

Career and standing

AD 189 漢中平六年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 66

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 22: Cui Xian; Gao Dezheng; Cui Ang · 1 passage

魏靜帝於是下御坐，就東廊，口詠範蔚宗《後漢書贊》云：「獻生不辰，身播國屯，終我四百，永作虞賓。」 Emperor Jing of Wei stepped down from the throne, went to the eastern gallery, and recited Fan Ye's encomium from the History of Later Han: "Xian was born untimely, his person cast upon the state's ordeal — ending our four hundred years, forever guest of Yu."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 1 passage

前代亡國者周赧、漢獻、魏陳留，亦不稱宗； former dynasties' fallen rulers—Zhou's Nan, Han's Xian, Wei's Chenliu—were also not called 'zong';

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage

案漢中平六年，獻帝卽位，便改元爲光熹，張讓、段珪誅後，改元爲昭寧，董卓輔政，改元爲永漢，一歲四號也。 It is on record that in Han Zhongping 6, when Emperor Xian ascended, the era was at once changed to Guangxi; after Zhang Rang and Duan Gui were killed it became Zhaoning; when Dong Zhuo seized power it became Yonghan—four era names in one year.