Qin and Han · Ruler

Emperor Yuan 元

Yuan

Attested BC 87 - AD 5

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yuan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 87 to AD 5 昭、宣、元、成、哀、平六世之間
Directly stated · Book of Han 25, passage 249

Places and affiliations

Han 漢
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Han 25, passage 249

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage

今漢道至盛，歷世二百餘載，考自昭、宣、元、成、哀、平六世之間，斷獄殊死，率歲千餘口而一人，耐罪上至右止，三倍有餘。 The Han way had now flourished for more than two hundred years. Across the six reigns of Emperor Zhao, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Cheng, Emperor Ai, and Emperor Ping, capital cases ending in death averaged a little more than one person in every thousand each year; sentences ranging from shaving punishment to amputation of the right foot were more than three times as numerous.