Emperor
Han Wudi (140-87 B.C.), called Liu Che, was the fifth emperor of the
Western Han Dynasty.He came to the throne at 16 and was in
power for 54 years. He was the emperor for the longest period in the
history of China.
During
his reign, Emperor Han Wudi thoroughly consolidated the autocratic
state of centralized power in the feudal society. Emperor Han Wudi
deprived every dependent state of their titles of nobility by means
of various pretexts.He established the Imperial College to train qualified
officials and talents to strengthen feudal centralization. Emperor
Han Wudi announced that coin-minting was forbidden among the people
and the local governments, and only the coins minted by the central
government could be in circulation. By this means, he brought the
financial and economic right sunder the control of the imperial court.The
government imposed heavy property tax on industrialists and businessmen
to enhance the income of the court. The Western Han Dynasty became
unprecedentedly rich and powerful.
Emperor
Han Wudi also had great cultural talent. He
setup an organization called "Yuefu", an official conservatory
to collect and compose folk songs and ballads and for training musicians.
Yuefu poems had a great influence on later periods. In order to achieve
the unity of academic thought, Emperor Han Wudi accepted the Confucius,
Dong Zhongru's proposal of "rejecting the other schools of thought
and respecting only Confucianism". Confucian thought gradually
became an orthodox theory and had a far-reaching influence on Chinese
philosophy.
Emperor
Han Wudi launched three important battles against the Hun invaders
on the northern border. He also sent Zhang Qian as Chinese ambassador
to establish relations with the Western Regions. Zhang opened the
well-known Silk Road, which has become an international commercial
road and a bridge of friendship between China and the west.
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Emperor
Han Wudi (140-87 B.C.), called Liu Che, was the fifth emperor of the
Western Han Dynasty. He came to the throne at 16 and was in
power for 54 years. He was the emperor for the longest period in the
history of China.