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Wu Di (Wu of Han) :
Emperor Wu of Han (simplified Chinese: 汉武帝; traditional Chinese: 漢武帝; pinyin: hànwǔdì; Wade-Giles: Wu Ti), (156 BCMarch 29, 87 BC), personal name Liu Che (劉徹
, was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under his reign, as well as the strong and centralized Confucian state he organized. He is cited in Chinese history as one of the greatest emperors of the Han dynasty. Emperor Wu's effective governance made China the most powerful country in the world. As a military campaigner, Emperor Wu led Han China through its greatest expansion at its height, the Empire's borders spanned from the modern Kyrgyzstan in the west, to the northern Korea in the northeast, and to northern Vietnam in the south. Emperor Wu successfully repelled the nomadic Xiongnu from systematically raiding northern China and dispatched his envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC to seek an alliance with the Yuezhi of modern Uzbekistan. This resulted in further missions to Central Asia. Although historical records do not describe him as a follower of Buddhism, exchanges probably occurred as a consequence of these embassies, and there are suggestions that he received Buddhist statues from central Asia, as depicted in Mogao Caves murals.
He ordered the first census in recorded history of China to take place in his reign.
While establishing an autocratic and centralized state, Emperor Wu adopted the principles of Confucianism as the state philosophy and code of ethics for his empire and started a school to teach future administrators the Confucian classics. These reforms would have an enduring effect throughout the existence of imperial China and an enormous influence on neighboring civilizations. Emperor Wu's reign lasted 54 years a record that would not be broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1800 years later.
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Ming Huang (Xuanzong):
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (Chinese: 唐玄宗
(September 8, 685-May 3, 762), also commonly known as Emperor Ming of Tang (Chinese: 唐明皇; pinyin: Táng Mínghuáng), personal name Li Longji (李隆基
, known as Wu Longji (武隆基
from 690 to 705, was the seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, reigning from 712 to 756. His reign was the longest during the Tang Dynasty, and he was credited with bringing Tang China to a pinnacle of culture and power. He, however, was blamed for overly trusting of Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, and An Lushan, with his reign and Tang's golden age ending in the Anshi Rebellion.
Zhu Di (Yongle):
The Yongle Emperor (Wade-Giles: Yung-lo; May 2, 1360 August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di (Chu Ti) , was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His era name "Yongle" means "Perpetual Happiness". He is generally considered arguably the greatest emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and to be among the greatest Chinese emperors.
He was the Prince of Yan (燕王
, possessing a heavy military base in Beijing. He became known as Chengzu of Ming Dynasty (明成祖 also written Cheng Zu, or Ch'eng Tsu (Cheng Tsu) in Wade-Giles) after becoming emperor following a civil war. His usurpation of the throne is now sometimes called the "Second Founding" of the Ming.
He moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and constructed the Forbidden City there. After its dilapidation and disuse during the Yuan Dynasty and Hongwu's reign, the Yongle Emperor had the Grand Canal of China repaired and reopened in order to supply the new capital of Beijing in the north with a steady flow of goods and southern foodstuffs. He commissioned most of the exploratory sea voyages of Zheng He. During his reign the monumental Yongle Encyclopedia was completed. Although his father Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to do so when he was emperor, Yongle upheld the civil service examinations for drafting educated government officials instead of using simple recommendation and appointment.
The Yongle Emperor is buried in the Changling (長陵 = "Long Mausoleum") tomb, the central and largest mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty Tombs.
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