# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-han
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:47:24.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-han"
name: "Emperor Wu of Han"
slug: "emperor-wu-of-han"
description: "He ruled China for 54 years — longer than any ethnic Han emperor before or since — and turned the Han dynasty into an empire that stretched from the Fergana Valley to northern Korea. What pulls attention isn't just the span of territory but the hybrid he built: a state that married Legalist efficiency with Confucian doctrine, and sent envoys deep into Centra"
tagline: "Seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-156"
deathDate: "-87"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.461312
  currentAttention:     2.035714285714286
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Ancient History"
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    title: "الامبراطور وو من هان"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الإمبراطور وو من هان"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Liu Che took the throne in 141 BC at a moment when northern raiders still threatened the frontier. He repelled the Xiongnu, then dispatched Zhang Qian west in 139 BC to find allies among the Greater Yuezhi and Kangju — missions that opened China to Central Asia and may have brought the first Buddhist statues into the empire, long before he could have understood what they were. At home he reorganized the economy, expanded the state apparatus, and adopted Confucianism as the official philosophy, founding a school to train administrators in the classics. The synthesis he forged — Legalist ruthlessness tempered by Confucian ideals — became the template for Chinese imperial governance. He also elevated the Imperial Music Bureau and championed the arts. When he died in 87 BC, the Han dynasty stood at its territorial peak, and the system he'd built would shape China and its neighbours for the next two thousand years.