What were the major historical events during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?

1. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to use a reign name. He created a reign name in 113 BC. First, there were one reign name every six years (140 BC - 104 BC), and then every four years. No. (104 before 87 before).

2. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to formulate and promulgate the Taichu calendar in a unified country. The fact that the first month is the beginning of the year has been used until now.

3. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he wrote my country's first biographical history book "Shiji", which had a huge impact on the history of later generations.

4. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "Yu Map" that appeared in historical records of our country after the unification of Qin appeared. In April of the fourth year of Yuan Shou, Bing Shen wrote, "The imperial servant Gongsun Hexing Yushi Dafu... reported "Han Shu·Wudi Ji" records that in the autumn of the sixth year of Yuan Ding, "General Fuju, Gongsun He, was sent out of Jiuyuan", and the note cited by Wang Zan said: "Fuju, the name of the well, is among the Xiongnu. , traveled two thousand miles to Jiuyuan and saw the map of Han Dynasty. "According to Yan Shigu, Chen Wangzan lived in the early Jin Dynasty. This shows that the map of the Han Dynasty was seen by Wang Zan, the first minister of the Jin Dynasty. This also shows that the regional concept of the country has clearly emerged in the Han Dynasty. This has a non-negligible impact on future physical geography research.

5. Give advice to those who are virtuous and upright, and give advice. Emperor Wu personally consulted and selected talents to serve as officials. This is the so-called inspection and recruitment system.

6. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism and used Confucianism as the country's governing ideology.

7. In the fifth year of Yuanshuo, fifty disciples were appointed to the Five Classics Doctors and they were reinstated; local counties and counties could select some people according to certain conditions and receive their careers as disciples. After examination, those who can master one or more arts can be employed as officials. The selection of officials from among the national imperial students began here.

8. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, he also "extended (introduced) hundreds of schools of thought", forming a pattern in which Confucianism was used as the ruling thought while also using hundreds of schools of thought. This will also have a huge impact on future generations.

9. In the second year of Yuanfeng (109 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the scene to supervise the blocking of the gourd breach in the Yellow River. This was the first time since the unification of the Qin Dynasty that the emperor came to the site to regulate the Yellow River.

10. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, columbine seeding (local method of seeding) was popularized. This method has been used in China for more than 2,000 years.

11. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road and promoting economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West. This is the first time in Chinese history.

12. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng (105 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty married Wusun, the daughter of the clan's daughter Xijun, as his princess. This is the first time in China's history that it has made peace with a country in the Western Regions.

13. In Luntai and Quli and cultivate fields, envoys and school captains were placed side by side. This is the first time in Chinese history that farming has been carried out in what is now Xinjiang, China.

14. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the well canal method was used to build Longshou Canal. It was later introduced to Xinjiang, China, and then to Persia and other places.

15. Grapes and alfalfa planting were introduced from the Western Regions, and a well-bred horse - Tianma was introduced from Dawan. Music and magic from the Western Regions were spread to China, and China's cast iron technology, silk fabrics, dong canal method, and lacquerware were introduced to China. Spread to Dawan and other places.

16. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty applied benevolence and righteousness and implemented moral rule; at the same time, he also attached great importance to the rule of law and used severe punishments to govern the country. This is also the first time in history.

17. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (106 BC), in order to strengthen the supervision of princes, kings and local officials, thirteen prefecture governors were appointed, and the governors with a level of 600 stones were ordered to supervise those with a level of 2,000 stones. The governor of the county.

18. In order to strengthen the imperial power and reform the prime minister system, the Central Dynasty (Inner Dynasty) was established, which had a significant impact on the subsequent evolution of the prime minister system.

19. In the second year of Yuanding (115 BC), it was forbidden for counties and counties to mint money, and the three officials of Shanglin under the state were ordered to mint money. Money other than those of the three officials could not be circulated. All the money minted by the county and country before was discarded. pin. It has a great influence on future generations.

20. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty settled the fields in the northwest border counties through a large number of immigrants, which played a major role in winning the war against the Huns and managing the Western Regions. It also had a significant impact on later generations. Cao Cao once said in the "Order to Set up Tuntians" that "Xiaowu used tuntians to determine the Western Regions, which was a good example of the past generations." This is illustrated by Cao Cao.

21. The officials appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were diversified. Officials with more than 2,000 dan can have their descendants become officials through the system of appointment; wealthy people can become officials through "subsidy selection"; the descendants of sages can be taken care of. For example, Jia Yi's two sons were taken care of and became county guards. However, what is particularly outstanding is that Emperor Wu used talents based on talent and not stick to one pattern. For example, the Queen's Wei Zifu was selected from among the slaves. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were selected from slaves and slaves' children respectively. The prime minister Gongsun Hong, the censor doctor Erkuan, Yan Zhu, Zhu Maichen and others were all selected from poor civilians; the censor doctors Zhang Tang, Du Zhou and Tingwei Zhao Yu were selected from the petty officials. What is particularly noteworthy is that some of the generals appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were Yue and Huns. And Jin Rixi (sound: jin'mi'di), a slave who was a prisoner of the Huns and raised horses in the palace, was actually selected as an important minister of Tuogu together with Huo Guang and Shangguan Jie. These circumstances show that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not restricted by class origin and national differences in selecting talents. However, this does not mean that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not have standards for employing people. There were standards. The standards were to "open up a wide range of artistic skills and extend hundreds of learnings." "The one who destroys the country."

This means that as long as they are willing to fight for the cause of the Han Dynasty, and have artistic skills and talents, they can be used as generals and envoys to distant countries. In a word, the standard for employing people is talent. Because of this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was rich in talents. Ban Gu said in amazement: "The Han Dynasty prospered when it won people!" The emergence of this phenomenon is worthy of careful study.

22. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor in Chinese history to send a large army deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu for a decisive battle.

23. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor in Chinese history to propose that the northern nomadic people, the Xiongnu, submit to the Central Plains Dynasty. To this end, he built a surrender city in present-day Inner Mongolia. Although Emperor Wu did not achieve this goal during his lifetime, during the Xuan and Yuan dynasties, the Xiongnu submitted to the Han Dynasty and became vassals.

24. After Li Guangli conquered Dayuan, many countries in the southern part of the Western Regions surrendered to the Han Dynasty. In the second year of Emperor Xuan’s reign (60 BC), the Xiongnu conquered the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu did not dare to fight for the Western Regions. Captain Tong Servant. Emperor Xuan appointed Zheng Ji as the governor of the Western Regions to manage the countries in the south and north of the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions surrendered to the Han. At this point, everything from the west to the Caspian Sea became the territory of the Han Dynasty. This was the first time in Chinese history.

25. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified South Vietnam, he established Dan'er County and Zhuya County in today's Hainan Island for the first time, and ruled the area of ??today's Hainan Island and the South China Sea Islands.