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Wu Emperor of the Han Dynasty (156- 87 BC)
Emperor Wu of Han, born as Liu Che, was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty. He ruled the empire from 141 to 87 BC.
Emperor Wu inherited the Han empire when he was 15. He was famous for many far-reaching accomplishments.
He set up Confucian academies throughout the country and made Confucianism the state philosophy.
His campaigns usually succeeded in expanding the empire. He kept the Xiongnu out and established Silk Road trade by sending Zhang Qian to the Yuezhi in 139 BC. During his long reign, he consolidated power in terms of territory; the empire stretched to Central Asia, Korea, and Vietnam.
Confucianism
Almost as soon as he began his reign, he presided over an examination of Confucian scholars, and the court put some of those who were successful in the exam in official positions.
Then the ruling court started a Confucian academy. In this way, he presided over the establishment of the Confucian Imperia
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Emperor Wu of Han
Emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87 BC), born Liu Che and courtesy nameTong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,800 years later – and remains the record for ethnic Han emperors. His reign resulted in a vast expansion of geopolitical influence for the Chinese civilization, and the development of a strong centralized state via governmental policies, economical reorganization and promotion of a hybrid Legalist–Confucian doctrine. In the field of historical social and cultural studies, Emperor Wu is known for his religious innovations and patronage of the poetic and musical arts, including development of the Imperial Music Bureau into a prestigious entity. It was also during his reign that cultural contact with western Eurasia was greatly increased, directly and indirectly.
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Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou
Emperor of nordlig Zhou
Emperor Wu of nordlig Zhou ((北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578[2]), anställda name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty of China. As was the case of the reigns of his brothers kejsare Xiaomin and Emperor Ming, the early part of his reign was dominated by his cousin Yuwen Hu, but in April 572 he ambushed Yuwen Hu and seized power personally. He thereafter ruled ably and built up the power of his military, destroying the rivaling Northern Qi dynasty in 577 and annexing its territory. His death the next year, however, ended his ambitions of uniting China, and under the reign of his erratic son kejsare Xuan (Yuwen Yun), nordlig Zhou itself soon deteriorated and was usurped bygd Yang Jian, who founded the Sui dynasty, in 581.
Background
[edit]Yuwen Yong was born in 543, as the fourth son of the Western Wei paramount general Yuwen Tai. His mother was Yuwen