Emperor Han Wu Di

pinyin: Hàn wŭ dì, Wade-Giles. Han Wu-ti; 157 BC - 87 BC) was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. A military compaigner, Han China reached its greatest expansion under his reign, spanning from Kyrgyzstan in the west, Northern Korea in the Northeast, to Northern Vietnam in the south. He was best known for his role in expelling the Huns from the boundary of China.

Wu adopted the principles of Confucianism as the state philosophy and code of ethics for his empire.

Personal information

Family name	Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese
Given name	Che (徹 chè) in Chinese
Era name	Jianyuan (建元 py. jìan yúan) 140 BC-135 BC Yuanguang (元光 py. yúan gūang) 134 BC-129 BC Yuanshuo (元朔 py. yúan shùo) 128 BC-123 BC Yuanshou (元狩 py. yúan shòu) 122 BC-117 BC Yuanding (元鼎 py. yúan dĭng) 116 BC-111 BC Yuanfeng (元封 py. yúan fēng) 110 BC-105 BC Taichu (太初 py. tài chū) 104 BC-101 BC Tianhan (天漢 py. tīan hàn) 100 BC-97 BC Taishi (太始 py. tài shĭ) 96 BC-93 BC Zhenghe (征和 py. zhēng hé) 92 BC-89 BC Houyuan (後元 py. hòu yúan) 88 BC-87 BC
Father	Emperor Jing of Han China (eldest son of)
Mother
Wives	Empress Chen (deposed 130 BC) Empress Wei (suicide 91 BC)
Major concubines	consort Li consort Zhao consort Li consort Wang
Children	at least 1 son, 4 daughters
Duration of reign	141 BC-87 BC
Tomb
Temple name	世宗 (py. shìzōng), literary meaning: "genesis ancestor"
Courtesy name
Posthumous name	孝武 (py. xiào wŭ), literary meaning: "filial and martial"
Posthumous name in short	武 (py. wŭ), literary meaning: "martial"

See also

• Legalism
• Confucianism
• Xiongnu
• Parthia
• Bactria
• Yuezhi
• Korea
• Silk Road
• Zhang Qian
• Wei Man
• Chinese era name
• Civil service examination