Qin and Han · Emperor of Han

Emperor Yuan 元帝

Yuándì

First attested BC 49; died BC 33

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yuan was an emperor of Han.

Life and dates

Death

BC 33 成帝即位
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 82, passage 109

Attested activity

BC 49 元帝初即位
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 214
BC 43 永光元年
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 121, 146

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Ruler of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 214

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 2 passages

三年，宣帝崩，元帝立，以定國任職舊臣，敬重之。 Three years later Emperor Xuan died and Emperor Yuan succeeded him; as an old minister still in office, Dingguo was held in high regard.

自元帝時，韋玄成為丞相，奏罷太上皇寢廟園，當上書言：「臣聞孔子曰：『如有王者，必世而後仁。』 Under Emperor Yuan, Chancellor Wei Xuancheng had persuaded the throne to close the shrine park of the Exalted Supreme Emperor. Ping Dang memorialized: "Confucius said, 'Give a true king one generation and benevolence will appear.'