Chinese Monarchs - Emperor Wen of Han (202 BC - 157 BC) was the fifth By the end of Emperor Wen's reign, the Gktrks had split into an eastern and a western kaganate, the eastern one being nominally submissive to Sui, as was Goguryeo. Subsequently, during the reign of Emperor Ming's brother Emperor Wu, Yang Jian was further promoted in military authority. Just four months later, however, the situation changed. In his later years, Emperor Wenxuan suffered from alcoholism and possibly insanity. The conspiracy was discovered, and the entire Huo clan was executed by Emperor Xuanan act that later drew heavy criticism from historians for its ungratefulness to Huo Guang.
Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi - Wikipedia He almost settled on Consort Zhang as his new empress. Emperor Xuan declined and ordered that all important matters of the state and the army still be submitted to Huo first, and by appointing him, his affairs will be done, so Huo continued to "talking for him". After victory, he ordered that all 11-year-old and older males of the Shanhu be slaughtered, and that the females and the young males be awarded as spoils of war to the soldiers. Emperor Xuan of Han (Liu Xun , n Liu Bingyi ) was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, reigning from 74 to 48 BC, and was one of the only four Western Han emperors to receive a temple name (along with Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu). ), Also in 582, Emperor Wen, thankful for the refusal by the vassal Emperor Ming of Western Liang to support Yuchi Jiong in 580, withdrew his forces from Western Liang's capital Jiangling, permitting Western Liang a degree of self-governance. Emperor Wen, who had been planning to conquer Chen for years, now further enhanced his planning in earnest. In spring 604, Emperor Wen, as per his custom, went to Renshou Palace to avoid the heat, despite warnings from the sorcerer Zhangchou Taiyi () that if he went, he would never return. When another brother, Gao Jun () the prince of Yong'an, sent petitions urging him to change his behavior, he had Gao Jun arrested as well, and the two princes were imprisoned in a dungeon. He was succeeded by his son Emperor Yuan after his death in 48 BC. At the time of his son's birth, Jin was about 22 years old. Emperor Xuan of Han (Liu Xun , n Liu Bingyi ; born 91 BC - 10 January 48 BC) was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, reigning from 74 to 48 BC, and was one of the only four Western Han emperors to receive a temple name (along with Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu). His wife's age at the time is not known, but given that her husband was 22, she was most likely around 20 years old. Emperor Wenxuan of Qi, personal name Gao Yang, courtesy name Zijin, Xianbei name Hounigan, was the founding emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty of China. Chapter 2557 - Problem Solved. Huo, however, could not find a suitable successor among the princes. He entrusted most of the important governmental matters to his officials Gao Jiong, Yang Su, and Su Wei. He spent his days in games and tours, wearing out his attendants. In spring 554, Emperor Wenxuan, assisted by the senior general Hul Jin () and his brother Gao Yan the Prince of Changshan, launched a major attack on the Shanhu () tribe (in modern Lliang). Economically, the dynasty prospered. His mother Li Ezi was Yuwen Yong's concubine. Meanwhile, Yang Su was advancing from the west down the Yangtze, and Yang Jun was stationed in the middle Yangtze region, cutting off any Chen forces that might have been able to come to the aid of Chen's capital Jiankang. It appeared that he was actually of fairly high capability in many areas, and once, when Gao Huan tried to test his children's intelligence by giving them tangled balls of yarn to untangle, Gao Yang took out his sword and sliced the ball open, stating that that was the only solution. Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou () (559- 22 June 580), personal name Yuwen Yun (), courtesy name Qianbo (), was an emperor of the Xianbei -led Northern Zhou dynasty of China. Emperor Xuan then turned to killing people that he feared or had grudges against. Not long after, Gao Yan killed Yang Yin and deposed Gao Yin, becoming emperor.
Queen Dowager Xuan - China's first Empress Dowager In anger, Emperor Wu battered Yuwen Yun and Zheng with a baton and removed Zheng from his post. Yang Jian also participated in the 576577 campaign that saw Emperor Wu being able to destroy Northern Qi and seize its territory. In 71 BC, Empress Xu was pregnant when Lady Xian came up with a plot. He further commissioned the official Pei Zheng () to carry out a project of simplifying the penal code and decrease the penalty from the harsh lawsa reform that was later largely accepted by the succeeding dynasties. He seriously considered creating Consort Zhang, the mother of his son Liu Qin (later the Prince of Huaiyang), empress but was still hesitant over the episode in which Empress Huo nearly succeeded in poisoning Crown Prince Shi. Zhang also paid the bride price. Historians also noted that Emperor Wu was very strict with the crown prince, treating him no easier than he did the officials. Huo's wife Lady Xian was shocked and displeased because if her daughter were to have a son later, that son could only be a prince and not the future emperor. Chunyu did so, and Empress Xu died shortly after she gave birth. In 577, Emperor Wu destroyed rival Northern Qi, seizing its territory. Bingyi's great-grandmother Empress Wei also committed suicide, and his grandmother (Prince Ju's concubine) Consort Shi and his parents died in the incident as well in the capital Chang'an. Emperor Wen was exceedingly angry and rode away from the palace on a horse, returning to the palace only at the urging of Gao and Yang Subut with Gao further angering Empress Dugu when Gao referred to her as "a woman." Emperor Xuan of Chen 530-582, personal have Chen Xu , courtesy name Shaoshi , nickname Shili , was an emperor of a Chen dynasty of China. He is regarded as one of the most important emperors in Chinese history, reunifying China proper in 589 after centuries of division since the independence of the Cheng Han and Han Zhao dynasties from the Western Jin dynasty in 304. Web Novel - God Emperor Zhang Ruo Chen was the sole male heir of one of the nine emperors of the Kunlun Field. When the erratic Emperor Xuan died in 580, Yang, as his father-in-law, seized power as regent. ), concubine of Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou Emperor Wen is also famous for having only two concubines. When Emperor Wenxuan became drunk, he would often state that he might eventually pass the throne to his brother Gao Yan, and he stopped stating as such only after urging by Yang and Wei Shou, who believed that his words were causing an unstabling effect in causing a doubt as to who would succeed him. He also took Emperor Ming's daughter as the wife and princess to his son, Yang Guang the Prince of Jin. The Book of Sui records him as having withdrawn his favour from the Confucians, giving it to "the group advocating Xing-Ming and authoritarian government. However, just 68 days after Yuchi rose in rebellion, the general Wei Xiaokuan defeated Yuchi, and Yuchi committed suicide. These were his faults. Dang became King Wu in 307 B.C. Eventually, Emperor Xuan agreed, and the Qiang tribes were pacified without major bloodshed. To show his good faith, Wang sent his son Wang Xian () and nephew Wang Shizhen (), as well as Wang Xian's mother Lady Liu, to Yecheng as hostages. Further, Yang was a capable prime minister, and Emperor Wenxuan gave him full authorization to carry out laws properly. He stated to Gao Yan, "Go ahead and take the throne, but do not kill him!" However, he became hesitant, remembering how Empress Huo had tried to murder the crown prince. When one of his commanders died because that commander's lieutenant, Lu Huili (), was unable to save him, Emperor Wenxuan ordered that Lu's internal organs be cut out of his body and that the soldiers consume them.
Emperor Wen of Sui | Military Wiki | Fandom Li Ezi - hyperleapsite In summer 600, Ashina Dianjue attacked Ashina Rangan, and Sui forces fought off Ashina Dianjue's attack, further causing Ashina Rangan to be grateful to Sui. In 64 BC, Emperor Xuan considered creating a new empress. Empress Yuan Leshang (created 579) Empress Yuchi Chifan (created 579) Consort Wang, mother of Prince Kan; Consort Huangfu, mother of Prince Shu; Children Yuwen Yan (), later changed to Yuwen Chan (), initially the Prince of Lu (created 579), later the Crown Prince (created 579), later Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou Su Wei further wrote a work known as the Five Teachings (, Wu Jiao) which is no longer extant but thought to be a work about loyalty to Sui and ordered that all former Chen subjects read and memorize it, leading to further resentment. In 51 BC, after Chanyu Huhanye's visit, Emperor Xuan, in his most shining moment, remembered key officials who had been instrumental in his success. Wendi, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-ti, personal name (xingming) Liu Heng, temple name (miaohao) Taizong, (born 203, Chinadied 157 bc, China), posthumous name (shi) of the fourth emperor (reigned 180-157 bc) of the Han dynasty (206 bc-ad 220) of China. The campaigns appeared to end in winter 552, and Emperor Wenxuan in fact promised the Liang generals Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian, whom Emperor Yuan put in charge of the eastern half of Liang territory, to return the cities of Guangling (, in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and Liyang (, in modern Chaohu, Anhui).
Liang Dynasty People: Emperor Xuan of Chen, Emperor Wen of Chen, Xiao He got up early in the morning to host imperial gatherings, and he would not appear tired even after noon.
Emperor Xuan of Chen - Early Reign | Technology Trends Empress Dugu Qieluo - Late in Emperor Wen's Reign Emperor Xuan was obsessed with reestablishing changing the customary protocols that his father had established, and in spring 579, he changed the official uniforms that Emperor Wu had standardized, to instead use the uniforms styled after Eastern Han Dynasty and Cao Wei. Emperor Wenxuan also became homicidal when he drank, and he always wanted to kill people when he was drunk. Historians described that after Emperor Xuan passed the throne to Emperor Jing, he became particularly wasteful, megalomanic, and unrestrained. Subsequently, Gao was accused of cursing Emperor Wen, but when the sentence of death was recommended, Emperor Wen commented that he could not kill Gao soon after killing Yu and Wang, and therefore only reduced Gao to commoner rank. In fall and winter 549, with rival Liang Dynasty under internal turmoil after the rebellion of Hou Jing (a former Eastern Wei general who had defected to Liang in 547), Gao Yang sent Peng Le to attack the Liang border provinces, taking over the region between the Huai River and Yangtze River with ease. In 603, Ashina Dianjue, faced with rebellions from the Tiele and Pugu () tribes, surrendered to Ashina Rangan. Emperor Xuan also commissioned an expedition force to assist Chanyu Huhanye in defending his territory. In 73 BC, Huo offered to be relieved of his responsibilities as a regent. At the start of his reign, the census rolls only had less than four million households, but at the end of his reign, there were almost nine million households, and Ji Province [(, roughly modern Hengshui, Hebei)] by itself contained one million households.
Wikizero - Xiao Kui Although he might have had additional concubines not documented by traditional historians, this is the fewest for an adult Chinese emperor, surpassed only by the monogamous Emperor Fei of Western Wei and the Ming Hongzhi Emperor. For other empresses of the same surname, see, Empress dowager and grand empress dowager, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Empress_Wang_(Xuan)&oldid=1062472145, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 December 2021, at 17:33. On another occasion, Empress Yang displeased Emperor Xuan, and Emperor Xuan ordered her to commit suicide. Around this time, the emperor also heard rumors that the Huos had murdered Empress Xu, which led him to begin stripping the Huos of actual power while giving them impressive titles. Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Xuan honored his father Emperor Wu's wife Empress Ashina as empress dowager and created his wife Crown Princess Yang empress. He seized the throne from his nephew Emperor Fei in 569 and subsequently ruled the state for 13 years. Some Taoist monks initially rejected this edict, but after he executed four monks, the others submitted, and Taoism became banned within Northern Qi. Other than those proper acts, however, he began to carry out a number of inappropriate onesincluding immediately promoting of Zheng Yi and having sexual relations with the ladies in waiting in his father's palace.
Puyi: The Last Emperor of China - ThoughtCo With conspirators accusing him of using witchcraft against his father Emperor Wu, Prince Ju was forced into a rebellion, which was defeated. God Emperor. Before the army could depart, however, Emperor Xuan suddenly grew ill in summer 580.
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou - Wikipedia As was the case of the reigns of his brothers Emperor Xiaomin and Emperor Ming, the early part of his reign was dominated by his . His efforts paid off. His nurses Hu and Guo had already died by this point, but their descendants were tracked down and rewarded. Within a year, Yang would seize the throne, ending Northern Zhou and establishing the Sui Dynasty. Many generals advocated using this opportunity to completely annihilate the Xiongnu. In anger, Emperor Wen reduced Yang Xiu to commoner rank and put him under house arrest. His tomb Duling () is located some 15km southeast of the city of Xi'an. The clothes of the palace women were continued to be used even after they were washed. In 590, apparently jealous of the talent of the official Li Delin, who had been key in his takeover of power as regent and who had contributed to the strategies in conquering Chen, Emperor Wen, believing in several false accusations against Li, removed Li from his office and made him a provincial governor. Only after Emperor Wu ambushed Yuwen Hu and killed him in 572 did he create Yuwen Yun crown prince. Meanwhile, Emperor Wen himself had engaged in sexual relations with Yuchi Jiong's granddaughter, who had been made a servant after her grandfather's defeatand when Empress Dugu found out, she had Yuchi Jiong's granddaughter killed. In 602, Empress Dugu died, and Emperor Wen was greatly saddened. Thereafter, he began to engage in sexual relations with his concubines, favoring Consort Chen and Consort Cai. Late in 594, Yang Guang submitted a petition that Emperor Wen carry out the ancient ceremonies of worshipping the heaven and earth gods at Mount Tai. However, upon meeting Gao Yang, who made a display of force by having more than 8000 guards accompany him, Emperor Xiaojing saw that Gao Yang could not be easily dealt with.
Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou - Wikipedia After Emperor Zhao died in 74 BC at the age of 20, the regent Huo Guang initially offered the throne to Prince He of Changyi. Emperor Wen of Sui was originally an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which ruled over much of northern China from their capital of Chang'an. Empress Wang would have a role in Crown Prince Shi's eventual choice of a wife. The 11 were: Huo was referred only by titles and not by namewhich was considered an even greater honor than given to the other 10.
Emperor Wen of Chen - Wikipedia Xiongnu put the strongest defenses against the Han generals, and they largely fought inconclusively, but with the western frontiers weakened, Wusun forces won a major victory over Xiongnu, severely crippling Xiongnu's western region.
Emperor Wen of Sui | Emperor Wen Sui | Technology Trends Empress Wang (, personal name unknown) (died 16 BC), formally Empress Xiaoxuan (), semi-formally Empress Dowager Qiongcheng (, to distinguish her from her daughter-in-law Empress Wang Zhengjun, with the same family name, but otherwise unrelated to her) was an empress during Han Dynasty. After Su Wei's removal, Yang Su and Gao Jiong became effectively the co-prime ministers. He was supported by the generals Sima Xiaonan (), the commandant at Xun Province (, roughly modern Xiaogan, Hubei) and Wang Qian (), the commandant at Yi Province (roughly modern Chengdu, Sichuan). In late 554, Western Wei launched a major attack on Jiangling (, in modern Jingzhou, Hubei), then the capital of Liang. He was also characterized by attention to detail and willingness to have correspondences with his generals in which he kindly but firmly had concrete discussions with them on proper military strategy in dealing with minority tribes and foreign nations. Liu Heng was a son of Emperor Gao of Han and Consort Bo, later empress dowager. In 599, after Ashina Rangan reported that Ashina Yongyul was planning to attack, Emperor Wen took preemptive action and had Gao Jiong, Yang Su, and Yan Rong () command a three-pronged attack against Ashina Yongyul, with Yang Liang in nominal command but not at the frontline. Emperor Xuan's early reign was generally known for his willingness to innovate, to commission officials who were lenient on the people, and to listen to advice. Instead, Xu was given the title of Lord of Changcheng (). On the same day, he was offered the imperial seal and ribbon and the throne, and he accepted. Emperor Xuan put Prince Shi in her care, and she cared for him well. In the mid-50s BC, Consort Sima, the favourite consort of Prince Shi died from an illness. Madam Wen Xiu was the descendant of Lord Qian'an from the previous dynasty. Empress Yang's mother, Duchess Dugu Qieluo, had to plead earnestly for Empress Yang's life, before he finally spared Empress Yang. Empress Xuan entered the harem slightly later, but due to her outstanding talent, her cultivation speed in the palace was not any slower than Empress Luo's, so she was quickly on par . Yang Yin, who was prime minister at this point, therefore set up a group of condemned prisoners and a saw to be available to the palace guardsif Emperor Wenxuan wanted to kill someone, a condemned prisoner would be brought out for him to kill, and if a prisoner was able to survive for three months without being killed, he would be set free. His mother Lou Zhaojun was Gao Huan's wife, on whose financial support Gao's early career had relied on. Once, he ordered Gao Yin to personally execute a prisoner, but Gao Yin could not bring himself to do so, and Emperor Wenxuan battered him with a whip handle, causing Gao Yin to thereafter have a panic disorder and at times unable to speak.
Emperor Wen of Chen | Military Wiki | Fandom He loved his people, encouraging them to till the field and grow mulberries, and decreasing their labor and tax burdens. In 573, Emperor Wu took Yang Jian's daughter Yang Lihua to be the wife and crown princess of his son Yuwen Yun the Crown Prince, and further honored Yang Jian. In spring 550, Gao Yang had Emperor Xiaojing convey on him the greater title of Prince of Qi Commandery. He was buried at the Yangling District's Tailing () tumulus mausoleum, with Empress Dugu (though not in the same burial chamber). Following the death of his brother and Gao Huan's designated successor an eldest son Gao Cheng in 549, Gao Yang became the regent of Eastern Wei. Yuwen Yun took the throne as Emperor Xuan. He created her the Princess Dayi. In 562, Emperor Wen selected the daughter of the official Wang Gu to be Chen Bozong's wife. In fall 587, Emperor Wen summoned Western Liang's Emperor Jing to Chang'an to meet him. Upon hearing Emperor Wu's death, Gao Shaoyi, a Northern Qi prince who had claimed Northern Qi's imperial title in exile in Tujue, tried to launch an attack to reestablish Northern Qi, but was quickly repelled and forced to retreat to Tujue territory. Liu Bingyi was born in 91 BC to Liu Jin, the son of then-Crown Prince Liu Ju, and his wife Consort Wang. Emperor Wen of Sui (; 21 July 541 - 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (), nickname Nryana, was the founder and first emperor of China's Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD). Emperor Xuan soon died, and Zheng and Liu issued an edict in Emperor Xuan's name appointing Yang regent. 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