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| | Exploring Chinese History :: Biographical Database :: Imperial China- (?- 1644) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Guang Wudi Emperor of Eastern Han; 光武皇帝; Guang Wudi (January 15, 5 BCE- March 29, CE 57)- Born Liu Xiu, Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, restorer of the dynasty in CE 25 and thus founder of the Later Han or Eastern Han. |
 | | After assembling forces and proclaiming himself emperor in the face of competitors, he was able to defeat his rivals, destroy the peasant army of the Chimei (Red Eyebrows, 赤眉), known for their disorganization and marauding, and finally reunify the whole of China in CE 36. |
 | | The emperor devoted great personal care to the whole project, and in his instruction to the ministers told them that the code of laws should be comprehensive and intelligible, so as not to leave any loophole for lower officials to misinterpret the law through twisting its language. |
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