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Today, we are talking for you about the story of Liu Yan (formerly known as Liu Jizi), the Emperor of Hanping.
Tomb of the Hanping Emperor
Liu Yan was the emperor of the late Western Han Dynasty, known in history as the HanPing Emperor. He ascended the throne at the age of 9 and died at the age of 15. In the era of the Han Ping Emperor, the Han Dynasty declined, and the power of the foreign relative Wang Mang grew. The grandfather of the Hanping Emperor was the Han Yuan Emperor, and the grandmother was the former Empress Feng Yuan of Zhongshan. After the death of emperor of Han, in order to better control the power, Wang Mang made Liu Yan, the younger prince of the clan, emperor, as emperor, as emperor of Hanping.
Liu Xin, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, died at the age of 25, but he left no heirs and is said to have a "habit of breaking sleeves". Therefore, the candidate for the new emperor can only be selected from the members of the clan who are closely related by blood. At that time, Liu Yan was only 9 years old and was still a small doll. His father, Liu Xing, was the third son of Emperor Yuan of Han, so Liu Yan, who had a close bloodline and was easier to control, eventually became the new emperor.
Feng Yuan film and television image
When Wang Mang was in power, he naturally had no real power. Liu Yan's birth mother was Wei Ji from the Haoqiang family of Dingzhou. After Wang Mang came to power, in order to prevent the expansion of the power of the foreign family and Liu Yan, he sent the Wei family to the south for this reason.
Liu Yan died in February 6 AD at the age of 15. The death of this emperor has left a mystery for eternity.
Book of Han
According to the records in Ban Gu's "Book of Han" and other sources, Liu Yan died of illness, and at that time, he also said the specific incidence of the disease through the mouth of the empress dowager: the emperor was benevolent, and Gu Nian mourned. Every time the disease occurs, the qi surges upwards, and it is impossible to speak, so it is too late to have a will. When the onset of the disease, the qi rushes upwards, and there is no corresponding answer to what the specific disease is. At that time, the Hanping Emperor was already 15 years old, not a few years away from the theoretical pro-government, and as a result, he died of illness, which triggered speculation from later generations.
Wang Mang was ambitious and had plans to stand on his own at this time, and when Emperor Hanping grew up, he learned the news that his mother's family had been sent to the south, so he was very resentful of Wang Mang. The emperor's hatred aroused Wang Mang's vigilance, and he had people poison the emperor's pepper wine during the Day of La, which eventually led to the death of Emperor Hanping.
Wang Mang's film and television image
The above poisoning theory comes from the commentary of the scholar Yan Shigu in the sixth century AD, which was quoted by the Northern Song Dynasty historian Sima Guang. Therefore, the idea that the Hanping Emperor was poisoned was written into the Zizhi Tongjian. In fact, the poisoning of Emperor Hanping was said to have appeared as early as after Wang Mang became emperor, when Liu Xin and people of the clan rebelled against Wang Mang, and one of the texts issued in it accused Wang Mang of guilt, one of which was to poison and kill Emperor Hanping. However, the text did not specify the details of the poisoning of the Hanping Emperor.
Sima Guang film and television image
However, some people have raised doubts about this theory, and the Cambridge History of The Qin and Han Dynasties of China has put forward circumstantial evidence such as the fact that Emperor Hanping and Wang Mang's daughter had just married, that Emperor Hanping was still young, and that there was a great risk of poisoning wang Mang, proving Wang Mang's innocence. Either way, the death of the Hanping Emperor has become a mystery for eternity. Because there is not enough evidence and information to confirm the cause of his death.
Film and television image of the Han Yuan Emperor
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