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Emperor Huan of Han China

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Emperor Huan of Han China, ch 漢桓帝, py. hàn húan dì, wg. Han Huan-ti, (132-168) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He was a great-grandson of Emperor Zhang.

Hou Hanshu (History of the Later Han) recounted that only one Roman convoy set out by emperor Antoninus Pius reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan.

Personal information

 
Family name Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese
Given name Zhi (志 py. zhĭ)
Era name Jianhe (建和 py. jìan hé) 147-149
Heping (和平 py. hé píng) 150
Yuanjia (元嘉 py. yúan jīa) 151-153
Yongxing (永興 py. yŏng xīng) 153-154
Yongshou (永壽 py. yŏng shòu) 155-158
Yanxi (延熹 py. yán xī) 158-167
Yongkang (永康 py. yŏng kāng) 167
Father
Mother
Wives 1) empress Liang (d. 159), younger sister of Empress Dowager Liang
2) empress Deng (desposed and died 165)
3) empress Dou, then Empress Dowager Dou, daughter of Dou Wu
Major concubines
Children 1 son by empress Deng
Duration of reign 146 to 168
Tomb
Temple name
Courtesy name
Posthumous name 孝桓 (py. xiào húan), literary meaning: "filial and exploratory"
Posthumous name in short 桓 (py. húan) , literary meaning: "exploratory"

Preceded by:
Emperor Zhi of Han China
Eastern Han Dynasty Succeeded by:
Emperor Ling of Han China