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- chronology
- contribution to Chinese arts and crafts
- Daoism’s influence
- Parthia expedition
- seal design and use
association with
- Confucianism
- Gongsun Hong
- In Gongsun Hong
- Li Shaojun
- In Li Shaojun
- Sima Qian
- Sima Xiangru
- In Sima Xiangru
- Xiongnu
- In Xiongnu
- Xiwangmu in Daoist legend
- In Xiwangmu
- Zao Jun
- In Zao Jun
- Zhang Qian
- In Zhang Qian
role in
Korea
- Nangnang
- In Nangnang
- China
- Guangdong
- Japan
Additional Reading
The annals of his reign have been critically translated and annotated by Homer H. Dubs, The History of the Former Han Dynasty, vol. 2 (1944). The foreign policies of the Han rulers are surveyed in Ying-shih Yü [Yu Yingshi], Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-barbarian Relations (1967). Michael Loewe, Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9 (1974, reprinted 2005), studies contemporary reactions to Wudi’s government.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Biography of Han Wudi. | Aug 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaKnowledge.de - Biography of Han Wudi. | Jul 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biogrpahy of Emperor Wu. | Jul 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Biography of Han Wudi. | Jun 09, 2011 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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