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Emperor Huan of Han China

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Emperor Huan of Han China, ch. 漢桓帝, py. hàn húan dì, wg. Han Huan-ti, (132-168) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He was a great-grandson of Emperor Zhang.

Hou Hanshu (History of the Later Han) recounted that only one Roman convoy set out by emperor Marcus Aurelius reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan.

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Family name Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese
Given name Zhi (志 py. zhĭ)
Era name Jianhe (建和 py. jìan hé) 147-149

Heping (和平 py. hé píng) 150
Yuanjia (元嘉 py. yúan jīa) 151-153
Yongxing (永興 py. yŏng xīng) 153-154
Yongshou (永壽 py. yŏng shòu) 155-158
Yanxi (延熹 py. yán xī) 158-167

Yongkang (永康 py. yŏng kāng) 167
Father  
Mother  
Wives empress Liang (d. 159), younger sister of Empress Dowager Liang

empress Deng (desposed and died 165)
empress Dou, then Empress Dowager Dou , daughter of Dou Wu

Major concubines  
Children 1 son by empress Deng
Duration of reign 146 to 168
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Posthumous name 孝桓 (py. xiào húan), literary meaning: "filial and exploratory"
Posthumous name in short 桓 (py. húan), literary meaning: "exploratory"
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