{"slug": "emperor-gaozu-of-han", "label": "Emperor Gaozu of Han", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7210", "qid": "Q7210", "description": "founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)", "entries": 24, "years": 21, "span": [-255, -154], "span_label": ["256 BCE", "155 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 11}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Emperor Gao of Han", "Gaozu of Han", "Han Gaozu", "Liu Bang"], "related": [{"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 12}, {"slug": "qin-dynasty", "label": "Qin dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "xiang-yu", "label": "Xiang Yu", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "han-xin", "label": "Han Xin", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chuhan-contention", "label": "Chu–Han Contention", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "xiongnu", "label": "Xiongnu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "modu-chanyu", "label": "Modu Chanyu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "empress-lu", "label": "Empress Lü", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qi-state", "label": "Qi (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yan-state", "label": "Yan (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-wall-of-china", "label": "Great Wall of China", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -255, "year_label": "256 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty of China (d. 195 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1232457970#Births", "title": "256 BC", "revid": 1232457970, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -231, "year_label": "232 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xiang Yu, Chinese rebel general against the Qin dynasty, as well as the later nemesis of Liu Bang in the civil war of the Chu-Han contention (d. 202 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319908071#Births", "title": "232 BC", "revid": 1319908071, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -207, "year_label": "208 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liu Ruyi, Chinese prince and only son of the first Han emperor Liu Bang (d. 194 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334903#Births", "title": "208 BC", "revid": 1364334903, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -206, "year_label": "207 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Chu rebel Liu Bang invades Guanzhong. After another military defeat, Ziying surrenders to Liu, who then occupies the Qin capital Xianyang. 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He is defeated by Emperor Gaozu of Han and his generals, who chase Xin of Han into Xiongnu territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243551551#China", "title": "201 BC", "revid": 1243551551, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -199, "year_label": "200 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Han emperor Gaozu is defeated by the Xiongnu, led by Modu Chanyu, in the Battle of Baideng.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360771623#China", "title": "200 BC", "revid": 1360771623, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -195, "year_label": "196 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Gaozu of Han and his generals, including Cao Shen and Zhou Bo, defeat the rebellion of Chen Xi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172645#China", "title": "196 BC", "revid": 1354172645, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -194, "year_label": "195 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Facing the suspicion of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Lu Wan, the king of the State of Yan, flees north of the Great Wall of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115647#China", "title": "195 BC", "revid": 1300115647, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -194, "year_label": "195 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Gaozu of Han (or Gao), first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, who has ruled since 202 BC (b. 256 or 247 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115647#Deaths", "title": "195 BC", "revid": 1300115647, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -193, "year_label": "194 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Concubine Qi, also known as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, favoured concubine of Han Gaozu (personal name Liu Bang), the first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368091897#Deaths", "title": "194 BC", "revid": 1368091897, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -192, "year_label": "193 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xiao He, prime minister of the early Han dynasty in China who has been a key figure in Liu Bang's rise to power after the fall of the Qin dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1213018923#Deaths", "title": "193 BC", "revid": 1213018923, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -188, "year_label": "189 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Liang, Chinese rebel and taoist, who has helped Liu Bang establish the Han dynasty (b. 262 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370483432#Deaths", "title": "189 BC", "revid": 1370483432, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -181, "year_label": "182 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jin Xi a Han Chinese general under Emperor Liu Bang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363193024#Deaths", "title": "182 BC", "revid": 1363193024, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Fearing reprisals should the young Emperor Houshao and his brothers reach adulthood, the conspirators deny that Emperor Hui was the father of Houshao and his brothers. They overthrow the emperor, and despite the imperial pedigree of Liu Xiang as the son of the eldest son of Gaozu of Han, they eventually agree to elevate Gaozu's oldest surviving son, Emperor Wen, to the throne. 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