Format of naming convention in English is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese).
Emperor Cheng of Han China, ch 漢成帝, py. hàn chéng dì, wg. Han Ch'eng-ti, (51 BC - 7 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Family name | Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese |
Given name | Ao (驁 py. áo) |
Era name | Jianshi (建始 py. jìan shĭ) 32 BC-28 BC Heping (河平 py. hé píng) 28 BC-25 BC Yangshuo(陽朔 py. yáng shùo) 24 BC-21 BC Hongjia (鴻嘉 py. hóng jīa) 20 BC-17 BC Yongshi (永始 py. yŏng shĭ) 16 BC-13 BC Yuanyan (元延 py. yúan yán) 12 BC-9 BC Suihe (綏和 py. sūi hé) 8 BC-7 BC |
Father | Emperor Yuan of Han China |
Mother | Grand Empress Dowager Wang, aunt of Wang Mang |
Wives | empress Xu (deposed 18 BC) empress Zhao Feiyan (murdered 1 BC) |
Major concubiness | consort Pan consort Zhao (suicide 7 BC, younger sister of empress Zhao Feiyan) |
Children | 2 sons by consorts, murdered 11 BC |
Duration of reign | 33 BC-7 BC |
Tomb | |
Temple name | |
Courtesy name | |
Posthumous name | 孝成 (py. xiào chéng), literary meaning: "filial and established" or "filial and successful" |
Posthumous name in short | 成 (py. chéng), literary meaning: "established" or "successful" |
Preceded by: Emperor Yuan of Han China |
Western Han Dynasty | Succeeded by: Emperor Ai of Han China |