Emperor Zhao (English spelling)

Japanese: 昭帝 - しょうてい（英語表記）Zhāo dì

94th - 74th
China, former Han Liu Fuling, Emperor of the Dynasty. Reigned 87-74 BC. The sixth son of Emperor Wu. He ascended to the throne at the age of eight, and was assisted by his maternal relative Huo Guang, who received Emperor Wu's last decree. Emperor Wu's foreign campaigns had led to financial hardship and the impoverishment of the people, so he reduced the compulsory labor system and sought to restore civil strength. In particular, he raised up wise and literate citizens to debate with the Chief Censor Sang Hongyang about the appropriateness of the monopoly on salt and iron and wine fermentation, and the equalization of exports, and abolished the monopoly on wine fermentation (The Treatise on Salt and Iron). He established military fields in the north, where he transported the people and other people, and had them defend against the Xiongnu and Wuhuan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前94‐前74
中国，前漢代の皇帝劉弗陵。在位，前87‐前74年。武帝の少子(第6子)。8歳で即位し，外戚の霍光（かくこう）が武帝の遺詔を受けて補佐した。武帝の外征により国家財政の窮乏と人民の疲弊を招いたので，賦役を軽減して民力の回復を図った。とりわけ，民間から賢良文学の士を挙げて，御史大夫の桑弘羊と塩鉄や酒酤（しゆこ）の専売制度および平準均輸法の当否を議論させ，酒酤の専売を廃止した(《塩鉄論》)。北辺には屯田を設けて民などを徙（うつ）し，匈奴や烏桓（うがん）の防備に当たらせた。

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