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Emperor Cheng of Han China

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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.

Personal information

 
 
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