"Emperor Map of Past Dynasties", also known as "Liedi Tu", "Ancient Liedi Tu Scroll", etc., was drawn by the famous Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben, and the whole picture depicted thirteen emperors from Han to Sui, namely Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Pi of The Wei Wen Emperor, Sun Quan the Emperor of Wu, Liu Bei of the Shu Han Zhaolie, Sima Yan of the JinWu Emperor, Chen Wendi Chen Xuan, Chen Bozong of the Chen Waste Emperor, Chen Xuan Emperor Chen Huan, Chen Hou Lord Chen Shubao, Northern Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong, Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian and Sui Emperor Yang Guang, the painting represents the highest level of early Tang Dynasty figure painting, It has a pivotal role in the history of ancient painting and has had a profound impact on the development of such paintings in later generations.
Part of the "Map of the Emperors of the Past Dynasties"
It is said that after the advent of the "Emperor Map of the Past Dynasties", it has been treasured by the literati of the past generations or the Imperial Palace, and by the Qing Dynasty, it flowed into the Forbidden City to become a royal treasure, but when Feng Yuxiang launched the Beijing coup d'état in the Republic of China, the emperor Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City at the end of the Qing Dynasty, but when puyi moved away from the Forbidden City, Puyi also took away seventy or eighty boxes of precious cultural relics of the Forbidden City, including the "Emperor Map of the Past Dynasties", due to the lack of living, these cultural relics were constantly sold by Puyi, and later after several turns, the "Emperor Map of the Past Dynasties" was sold to a man named Deng Man. Waldo. Ross's American possession, the painting is currently in the collection of the Museum of Boston, USA.
Liu Fuling, Emperor of han Zhao
Liu Fuling, the eighth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, the son of Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, whose mother was Lady Hook Yi, became emperor at the age of eight, because he was assisted by Huo Guang, Sang Hongyang and others at a young age, reigned for a total of thirteen years, during his reign adopted a policy of lightly dispensing with thin endowments and resting with the people, reducing taxes many times, appeasing the displaced people, making peace with the Xiongnu externally, maintaining the stability of the frontier, making the economy of the Western Han Dynasty recover, and creating a good situation for Zhaoxuan Zhongxing to take up the post.
Emperor Liu Xiu of Han Guangwu
Emperor Liu Xiu of han guangwu, the ninth grandson of Liu Bang of Han Gaozu, wang mang raised an army in Nanyang when he usurped the new dynasty, founded the Eastern Han Dynasty, and realized the restoration of the Han Dynasty. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he successively pacified the separatist forces in various places, ended the chaos of warlords and the situation of local division, advocated "judo" governance at home, recuperated economically, and created the "Guangwu Zhongxing", reigning for a total of thirty-two years.
Emperor Cao Pi of Wei
Emperor Cao Pi of Wei, the son of Emperor Cao Cao of Wei, was made the Son of the State of Wei in the 22nd year of Jian'an, and after Cao Cao's death, he succeeded him as the Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the King of Wei, and in the same year accepted the title of Emperor Of Han and established Cao Wei, ending more than four hundred years of han rule. During the reign of Cao Pi, he pacified the separatist forces around Qingzhou and Xuzhou, realized the unification of the northern region, calmed the border troubles externally, restored the establishment in the western region, and politically formulated and implemented the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which was the main election system during the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Sun Quan the Great
Emperor Wu Sun Quan, son of Sun Jian and brother of Sun Ce, took power after Sun Ce was assassinated and became the lord of Jiangdong, Jian'an formed an alliance with Liu Bei for thirteen years and defeated Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, and Emperor Cao Pi of Wei declared empress Dowager Sun Quan a vassal to Cao Wei, and was crowned king of Wu, and later formally proclaimed sun Wu emperor in Wuchang. Sun Quan reigned for a total of twenty-four years, during which he implemented tun tian and set up counties, which promoted the economic development of Jiangnan, but in his later years, he was capricious on the issue of heirs, resulting in instability in the dynasty.
Emperor Liu Bei of the Han Dynasty
After Liu Bei, the Emperor of Han Zhaolie, liu Sheng, the King of Jing in Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the crusade against Dong Zhuo in his early years, but due to limited strength, he was repeatedly defeated, and after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei successively took Jingzhou and Yizhou, and on this basis, he became emperor in the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an and created Shu Han, but soon after he took the throne, he raised an army to attack Eastern Wu in the name of Revenge for Guan Yu, and as a result, he was defeated at Yiling, and finally died of illness in the White Emperor City, only to reign for three years, and after his death, he was called Emperor Zhaolie, and the temple was called Liezu.
Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin
Sima Yan, emperor of the Jin Dynasty, grandson of Sima Yi and son of Sima Zhao, a chancellor of Cao Wei, initially entered the army as a door and was given the title of Marquis of Pingting of Bei, and after Sima Zhao's death, he worshiped Xiangguo and conferred the title of King of Jin, and soon forced the Wei Emperor Cao Yichan to give up the throne and found the Western Jin Dynasty. Sima Yan reigned for a total of twenty-four years, and in the early period of his reign, he was still able to revitalize the economy and promote the rule of law, promote population growth and social stability and prosperity, and launched the War of Annihilation of Wu in the fifth year of Xianning, achieving national reunification, but in the later period, he became arrogant and extravagant, and the political affairs of the imperial court were increasingly abandoned, laying hidden dangers for the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the future.
Chen Wendi Chen Xuan
Chen Wendi Chen Xuan, the second emperor of the Southern Dynasty Chen, was the nephew of Chen Baxian, the emperor of Chen Wu, Chen Baxian died and then succeeded to the throne as emperor, reigned for a total of eight years, during the reign of the emperor to level the civil unrest, exert efforts to govern, pay attention to nongsang, the construction of water conservancy, so that jiangnan's economy has been restored to a certain extent, under his rule Chen Dynasty politics is clear, the people are rich, so the national strength is strong, history is called "the rule of Tianjia", he himself is also a rare and promising king among the emperors of the Southern Dynasty.
Emperor Chen deposed Emperor Chen Bozong
Emperor Chen Bozong of Chen, the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Chen, was controlled by his uncle Chen Bozong at the age of his uncle Chen Bozong (陈顼) both inside and outside the imperial court due to his young age, and Chen Bozong, who reigned for only three years in 568, was deposed by Chen Bozong as the King of Linhai, and died two years later at the age of nineteen.
Chen Xuandi Chen
Chen Xuanzong Chen Huan, the younger brother of Emperor Chen Wen of Chen, deposed nephew Chen Bozong established himself as emperor, reigned for a total of fifteen years, during the reign of building water conservancy, encouraging peasant production, social economy gradually recovered, the country is relatively stable, militarily Chen Xuandi sent troops to Qi, once occupied the land of Huai and Si, but later was defeated by Northern Zhou, and his Chen Jiangdong regime was crumbling.
Chen Hou lord Chen Shubao
Chen Shubao, the eldest son of Emperor Xuan of Chen, reigned for seven years, and during his reign he was drunk, resulting in the absurdity of the government, and later the Sui army went south to destroy the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shubao was captured in Chang'an, and was made the Duke of Great Wall County, and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of "Jiao".
Emperor Yuwen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty
Northern Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong, the fourth son of Emperor Wen of Zhou Yuwen Tai, the third emperor of Northern Zhou, initially called emperor under the support of Yuwen Hu, after killing Yuwen Hu, he took sole control of the imperial government, during his reign the implementation of the Juntian system and the military system, enriched the military strength, and destroyed Northern Qi in one fell swoop, in addition, Yuwen Yong also devoted himself to rectifying the government and developing the people's strength, making the Northern Zhou politically clear and the country strong, in 578 AD Yuwen Yong died of illness on the way to the Crusade against the Turks, only thirty-six years old, reigning for a total of eighteen years.
Emperor Yang Jian of Sui
Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, originally a foreign relative of Northern Zhou, was proclaimed emperor by Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou in 581 AD, and established the Sui Dynasty, and during his reign of twenty-four years Yang Jian carried out a series of reforms in the political and economic system, consolidating centralized power and promoting agricultural development, enriching national strength, militaryly unifying the north and south, and ending the division since the southern and northern dynasties.
Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang
The Sui Emperor Yang Guang, the second son of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, participated in the War of Annihilation of Chen, and after succeeding to the throne, he was extremely extravagant, and in order to satisfy his personal desires, he spent countless people's efforts to open the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty, and frequently launched wars on the external side, conquering Tuguhun in the west and conquering Goguryeo in the west, which eventually triggered a nationwide peasant uprising and led to great chaos in the world.