Emperor Shun of Han China
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Emperor Shun of Han China, trad. ch. 漢順帝;, sim. ch. 漢顺帝, py. hàn shùn dì, wg. Han Shun-ti, (115-144) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty and the seventh emperor of the Eastern Han period. He reigned from 125 AD to 144 AD.
Shun was the son and heir of Emperor An and after An died in 125 AD, the Empress dowager Yan was childless but yearning to hold on to power, forced Shun (who was then the crown prince) to give up the throne in favour of Liu Yi. Liu Yi died after reigning less than 7 months and with the aid of corrupt eunuchs such as Cao Teng and Sun Cheng, Shun was finally declared emperor.
Shun was only a child of 10 at the time and since his ascension to the throne was a direct result of help from corrupt officials, affairs of state never fell into Shun's hand. Moreover, these dangerous patterns of corrupt officials vying for power versus dowager empresses hunger to retain power repeated themselves many times throughout the 2nd century and hasten the downfall of the Han dynasty.
Emperor Shun died at the age of 30 after reigning for 19 years. He was succeeded by his son.
Personal information
| Family name | Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese |
| Given name | Bao (保 py. báo) |
| Era name | Yongjian (永建 py. yŏng jìan) 126-132Yangjia (陽嘉 py. yáng jīa) 132-135Jiankang (建康 py. jìan kāng) 144 |
| Father | Emperor An of Han China |
| Mother | consort Li |
| Wife | empress Liang Na, then Empress Dowager Liang |
| Major concubines | consort Yu |
| Children | Emperor Chong of Han China |
| Duration of reign | 125-144 |
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| Posthumous name | 孝順 (py. xiào shùn), literary meaning: "filial and submissive" |
| Posthumous name in short | 順 (py. shùn), literary meaning: "submissive" |
| Preceded by: Marquess of Beixiang of Han China |
Eastern Han Dynasty | Succeeded by: Emperor Chong of Han China |