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Emperor Jing of Han 漢景帝
Depiction of Emperor Jing in Sancai Tuhui
Emperor of the Han dynasty
Reign
14 July 157 – 9 March 141 BC[1][2][3]
Predecessor
Emperor Wen
Successor
Emperor Wu
Born
Liu Qi (劉啟) 188 BC Jinyang
Died
10 March 141 BC (aged 47) Chang'an
Burial
Yang Mausoleum
Consorts
Empress Bo
Empress Xiaojing
Issue
Liu Rong, Prince Min of Linjiang
Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan
Emperor Wu of Han
Grand Princess Yangxin
Names
Family name: Liu (劉)
Given name: Qi (啟)
Posthumous name
Short: Emperor Jing (景)
Full: Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)
House
Liu
Dynasty
Han (Western Han)
Father
Emperor Wen of Han
Mother
Empress Xiaowen
Emperor Jing of Han (188 BC – 9 March 141 BC[4]), born Liu Qi, was the sixth emperor of the Han dynasty from 157 to 141 BC. His reign saw the limiting of the power of the feudal kings and princes which resulted in the Rebellion of the Seven States in 154 BC. Emperor Jing managed to crush the revolt and princes were thereafter denied rights to appoint ministers for their fiefs. This move helped to consolidate central power which paved the way for the long reign of his son Emperor Wu of Han.
Emperor Jing had a complicated personality. He continued his father Emperor Wen's policy of general non-interference with the people, reduced tax and other burdens, and promoted government thrift. He continued and magnified his father's policy of reduction in criminal sentences. His light governance of the people was due to the Taoist influences of his mother, Empress Dou. Still, during his reign he arrested and imprisoned Zhou Yafu, and he was generally ungrateful to his wife Empress Bo.
He was the last emperor of Han who was the common ancestor of all subsequent emperors; all subsequent emperors of the Western Han were descendants of Emperor Wu, while all emperors of the Eastern Han were descendants of his sixth son Liu Fa, Prince Ding of Changsha.
^Barbieri-Low & Yates 2015, pp. XIX–XX.
^Sima Qian 1994, p. 213.
^Vervoorn 1990, pp. 311–315 gives 10 March.
^jiazi day of the zheng month of the 3rd year of the Latter era of Emperor Jing's reign, per Emperor Jing's biography in Shiji and vol. 16 of Zizhi Tongjian
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