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Emperor Ling of Han (156/157 [1] – 13 May 189 [2]), personal name Liu Hong, [3] was the 12th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty.He was also the last Eastern Han emperor to exercise effective power during his reign.
The era is conventionally periodised into the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) and Eastern Han (25–220 AD). The Han dynasty was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gao (r. 202–195 BC). The longest reigning emperor of the dynasty was Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 BC), who reigned for 54 years.
Li Ling (Chinese: 李陵; pinyin: Lǐ Líng, died 74 BC [1]), courtesy name Shaoqing (Chinese: 少卿; pinyin: Shǎoqīng), was a Chinese military general of the Western Han dynasty who served during the reign of Emperor Wu. He later defected to the Xiongnu after being defeated in an expedition in 99 BC.
Although they raided Han in 110 CE to force a negotiation of better trade agreements, the later leader Tanshihuai (d. 181 CE) refused kingly titles and tributary arrangements offered by Emperor Huan and defeated Chinese armies under Emperor Ling. [303] When Tanshihuai died in 180 CE, the Xianbei Federation largely fell apart, yet it grew ...
The Han dynasty [a] was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring interregnum known as the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC), and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD).
Ling 靈: Ji Xiexin 姬泄心: 571–545 (25–26 years) Son of Jian Weakened relations with surrounding kingdoms [77] Jing 景: Ji Gui 姬貴: 544–521 (22–23 years) Son of Ling Died without an heir, causing a power struggle and rebellion [77] Dao 悼: Ji Meng 姬猛: 520 (less than a year) Son of Jing (544–521) Briefly ruled before being ...
Five of these ten eunuchs were not among the historical Ten Attendants: Cheng Kuang is a fictional character (there was a eunuch by the name Cheng Huang [fl. 126–189] in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, his given name 璜 written and pronounced slightly similar to the fictional character 曠); Feng Xu and Jian Shuo existed historically, but ...
At the start of the Han dynasty, male commoners were liable for conscription starting from the age of 23 until the age of 56.The minimum age was lowered to 20 after 155 BC, briefly raised to 23 again during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han (r. 87–74 BC), but returned to 20 afterwards.