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See also: Wudi
Wudi (武帝) (156 av. J. - C. - 87 av. J. - C.), of its personal name Liu Che (劉徹), is the seventh emperor of the Dynastie Han, of 141 av. J. - C. until its death. He is considered, with the emperors Taizong (Dynastie Tang) and Kangxi (Dynastie Qing) like one of the largest emperors of the Histoire of China.
Large conqueror, it very pushes back the barbarians far from the borders, not without exhausting the coffers of State and surtaxing the population. Besides certain rich person refused to pay.
Its name comes to him besides from wu (“warlike”) and from di (“emperor”).
As a military chief, the Wudi emperor brings China to his maximum territorial expansion:
- in 111, it annexes and divides into commanderies the kingdom of Nanyue, which includes/understands the south of China and the north of the current Vietnam;
- in north, it successfully pushes back the raids of the nomads Xiongnu on the north of China.
- in the North-East, it annexes in 108 av. J.C the principality of Luolang, in the north of current the Korea;
- in the west, it extends the borders of the empire until the Bassin of Tarim, with the current Kyrgyzstan.
In 139 av. J. - C., it sends its emissary Zhang Qian to negotiate an alliance with the Yuezhi of the current Ouzbékistan. This forwarding involves other missions towards the regions of Central Asia.
It is probable that these embassades generated exchanges and that the emperor received Buddhist statues of Central Asia, as that east depicts in the Grottes of Mogao.
The Wudi emperor is in the beginning various measurements intended to reinforce the centralized capacity with Chang' year, his capital, located in the current province of the Shaanxi.
In 134, Wudi institutes the recruitment of the civils servant by examinations. It into force gives the proscribed traditional texts of the time of Qin Shi Huangdi, the founder of the dynasty.
Wudi adopts the principles of the Confucianisme like philosophy of State and founds a school intended to teach the Confucianism with the future administrators of the empire.
These reforms will have a durable effect throughout the existence of imperial China and will exert a considerable influence on neighbouring civilizations.
The reign of the Wudi emperor lasts 54 years, a record which will be beaten only by the emperor Kangxi, more than 1800 years later.
See too
Zh-classical: 漢世宗孝武皇帝
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