On his return, he became a palace attendant for Emperor Han Wudi, then in 108BCE, succeeded to his father's position. After reforming the Chinese calendar, in addition to his official duties ...

Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

During his reign (140-87 B.C.), the most prosperous period of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wudi, expanded the territory of the empire from the Central Plain to the Western Regions (present ...