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Emperor Ai of Han - Definition
Related Words: Chieftain, Imperator, King, Kinglet, Monarch, Overlord, Paramount, Potentate, Prince, Royal, Royalty, Ruler, Sovereign, Suzerain, Tetrarch
Han Aidi (漢哀帝)
Family name:Liu (劉 liú)
Given name:Xin (欣, xīn)
Posthumous name:
(full)
 Xiaoai (孝哀, xiào āi)
"filial and lamentable"
Posthumous name:
<center>(short)		Ai (哀, āi)
"lamentable"


Emperor Ai of Han (51 BC–7 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. The emperor and Dong Xian were lovers, same sex relationships and attractions being called "the passions of the cut sleeve" after a story that rather than disturb the sleeping Dong Xian, Ai cut off his sleeve.

Era names

  • Jianping (建平 py. jìan píng) 6 BC-3 BC
  • Yuanshou (元壽 py. yúan shòu) 2 BC-1 BC

Personal information

Father Prince Kang of Dingtao, half-brother of Emperor Cheng of Han China
Mother consort Ding
Wives

Empress Ding (deposed 18 BC)

Empress Fu
Children none


Preceded by:
Emperor Cheng of Han 		Emperor of the Han Dynasty
7 BC–1 BC 		Succeeded by:
Emperor Ping of Han


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