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Liu Hsiu

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Liu Hsiu , AD 6-AD 57, restorer of the Han dynasty. As first emperor (AD 25-AD 57) of the Later, or Eastern, Han (AD 25-AD 200), he curbed the power of the imperial princes and recreated the centralized state administration of the Former, or Western, Han (206 BC-AD 8). Although only a distant relative of the last emperor of the Earlier Han, Liu Hsiu emerged victorious from the free-for-all that followed the downfall of the usurper Wang Mang . Liu Hsiu moved the capital eastward from Xi'an, which had been destroyed by rebels, to Luoyang. The new capital was nearer his large landholdings... Read more
Ch'en Tu-hsiu
Ch'en Tu-hsiu Ch'en Tu-hsiu (1879-1942) was a leader of China's cultural and political...of a wealthy family in Huaining, Anhwei Province, Ch'en Tu-hsiu received a classical education. In 1896 he passed the lowest-lev...students for study in Russia; one of its first graduates was Liu Shao-ch'i. In ... Read more
Kuang-wu-ti
...Kuang-wu-ti is the posthumous title given to Liu Hsiu, the founder of the Later Han dynasty...landbased aristocracy. As a young man, Liu Hsiu went to the capital, Ch'ang-an, to...leaders of the aristocracy, including Liu Hsiu and his elder brother Liu Posheng... Read more

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