Han Andi

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Han Andi (漢 安帝)
Family name : Liu (劉; liú)
First name : Hu (祜, hù) or You (祐, yòu)
Posthumous title :
(short)
An (安, ān)
Posthumous title :
(complete)
Xiaoan (孝 安, xiào ān)
Temple name : Gongzong (恭 宗, gōng zōng)
Reign: 106-125

Han Andi ( Chinese  漢 安帝 , Pinyin Hàn Āndì , W.-G. Han An-ti ; * 94 ; † 125 ) was an emperor of China in the Han dynasty and the sixth emperor of the Eastern Han period . He held the imperial title from 106 to 125. He was the grandson of Emperor Zhang and a nephew of Emperor He through his father Liu Qing, who was Prince of Qinghe . The Empress Deng Sui took over the reign of the minor emperor .

During the reign of Han Andi, the western outposts conquered by his two predecessors had to be given up again in 107. Also in 107 riots broke out in the eastern part of Gansu , which lasted until 117 and led to the central government temporarily losing control of the north-west of the empire.

Empress Deng Sui died in 121, so that Emperor Han came to power at the age of 28. Because of slander against Deng Sui away, Han Andi shortly after he took power all the relatives of the deceased empress from office and forced many family members of suicide to commit.

During his rule, Han Andi hardly cared about government affairs, which he left mainly to his eunuchs and his wife's family, but enjoyed the luxury life and indulged in alcohol. He died while traveling at the age of 31.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regent deviating 107–126 in: Klaus Jürgen Matz: Regent tables for world history . dtv, Munich 1980, p. 166.
  2. ^ Herbert Franke, Rolf wedding slip: The Chinese Empire . 3rd edition, Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1976, p. 110 (Fischer Weltgeschichte, Vol. 19).
predecessor Office successor
Shang Emperor of China
106–125
Liu Yi