Emperor Wudi of Han appointed Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, two prominent young generals, to command three large－scale expeditions. The three expeditions forced the Huns to move to the far north, ...

Under Han Wudi, Confucian ideology gave government and society a new structure. His predecessor, Qin Shih Huangdi, China's first emperor, was considered a legalist, upholding national cohesion ...

Emperor Han Wudi interpreted Sima’s defence of Li Ling as an attack on his brother-in-law, who had also fought against the Xiongnu without much success, and sentenced Sima to death.

He told Emperor Han Wudi that the Jade Emperor, the highest god in Heaven, had ordered the Fire God to burn down the capital city of Chang'an on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

The road was paved by the Chinese historic figure Zhang Qian, who set off for the first time from Chang’an to Xiyu as an envoy with Emperor Han Wudi’s order to ally with the western regions in ...

The maritime routes opened by Emperor Han Wudi (reigned 140-87 BC) provided access to the Roman Empire via India.