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((Short description|Emperor of the Han dynasty from 145 to 146))
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| birth_date   = 138
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| death_date   = 26 July 146 (aged 7-8)
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| succession   = [[List of emperors of the Han dynasty|Emperor of the]] [[Han dynasty]]
| reign        = 6 March 145<ref>Emperor Zhi's biography in ''Book of the Later Han'' recorded that he ascended the throne on the ''dingsi'' day  of the 1st month of the 1st year of the ''Yongxi'' era of Emperor Chong's reign. This corresponds to 6 Mar 145 on the Julian calendar. ([永憙元年春正月]丁巳，封为建平侯，其日即皇帝位，...) ''Houhanshu'', vol.06</ref>  – 26 July 146<ref>Emperor Zhi's biography in ''Book of the Later Han'' recorded that he died aged 9 (by East Asian reckoning) on the ''jiashen'' day of the leap month of the 1st year of the ''Benchu'' era of his reign. This corresponds to 26 Jul 146 on the Julian calendar. ([本初元年]闰月甲申，大将军梁冀潜行鸩弑，帝崩于玉堂前殿，年九岁。) ''Houhanshu'', vol.06</ref>
| predecessor  = [[Emperor Chong of Han]]
| successor    = [[Emperor Huan of Han]]
| father       = Liu Hong
| mother       = [[Lady Chen|Consort Chen]]
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!align=center style="background:#ccf; border-bottom:2px solid" colspan=2|'''Han Zhidi''' (((lang|zh|漢質帝)))
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|align=right style="border-top:1px solid"|[[Chinese name|Family name]]:||style="border-top:1px solid"|[[Liu]] (劉; liú)
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'''Emperor Zhi of Han''' (((zh|t=漢質帝;|s=漢质帝|p=Hàn Zhì Dì|w=Han Chih-ti)); 138 – 26 July 146) was an [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the Chinese [[Han dynasty]]. He was a great-great-grandson of [[Emperor Zhang of Han|Emperor Zhang]]. His reign was dominated by [[Liang Ji]], the brother of [[Liang Na|Empress Dowager Liang]], who eventually poisoned the young emperor. He was the 10th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty.

Emperor Zhi ascended the throne when he was seven when his third cousin, two-year-old [[Emperor Chong of Han|Emperor Chong]] died, and although he was still a child, Emperor Zhi was remarkably intelligent and he knew and was offended by the immense power Liang Ji had over the government—leading to him once commenting that Liang Ji was "an arrogant general."  This act of defiance angered Liang Ji, who proceeded to poison the emperor.  Emperor Zhi was only eight when he died.

== Family background and accession to the throne ==
Liu Zuan, the future Emperor Zhi was born to Liu Hong (((lang|zh-Hant|劉鴻))), the Prince of Le'an, and his wife [[Lady Chen|Consort Chen]], in 138.  (Eventually, after his son became emperor, Prince Hong would be moved from his very humid and small principality of Le'an to the larger and drier principality of Bohai.)  Prince Hong was a great-grandson of [[Emperor Zhang of Han|Emperor Zhang]].  Other than these facts, virtually nothing else is known about Prince Hong or his wife.

In February 145, when the two-year-old [[Emperor Chong of Han|Emperor Chong]] died, he had no close male relative to inherit his throne.  His stepmother [[Liang Na|Empress Dowager Liang]] (the wife of [[Emperor Shun of Han|Emperor Shun]]) therefore summoned two of his third cousins—Liu Suan (((lang|zh-Hant|劉蒜))), the Prince of Qinghe, and Liu Zuan, then seven-years-old, to the capital, to examine them as potential heir to the throne.  (Prince Suan and Zuan were first cousins of each other, through their grandfather Liu Chong (((lang|zh-Hant|劉寵))), Prince Yi of Le'an.)  Liu Suan was apparently an adult (although history did not record his age) and was described as solemn and proper, and the officials largely favored him.  However, Empress Dowager Liang's autocratic and violent brother [[Liang Ji]] wanted a younger emperor so that he could remain in absolute control longer, and he persuaded Empress Dowager Liang to make the seven-year-old Zuan as emperor.  To avoid having a person without an official title becoming emperor directly, he was first created the Marquess of Jianping, and then the same day he ascended the throne as Emperor Zhi.

== Brief reign ==
Empress Dowager Liang served as Emperor Zhi's regent, and while she overly trusted her brother Liang Ji, who was violent and corrupt, she herself was diligent and interested in governing the country well—in particular, entrusting much of the important matters to the honest official Li Gu (((lang|zh|李固)), who was [[Grand Commandant]]). For example, the agrarian rebellions that started during Emperors Shun and Chong's reigns were largely quelled in 145, after she selected the right generals to lead the armies. She also encouraged the young scholars from over the empire to come to the capital [[Luoyang]] to study at the national university.

Emperor Zhi, as young as he was, was keenly aware of how much Liang Ji was abusing power (but befitting of a young child, not aware of how Liang Ji also had the power to do him harm), and on one occasion, at an imperial gathering, he blinked at Liang Ji and referred to him as "an arrogant general." Liang Ji became angry and concerned. In the summer of 146, he had his underlings poison a bowl of pastry soup and had it given to the emperor. After the young emperor consumed the soup, he quickly suffered great pain, and he summoned Li immediately and also requested for water, believing that water would save him. However, Liang, who was by the emperor's side, immediately ordered that the emperor not be given any water, and the young emperor immediately died. Li advocated a full investigation, but Liang was able to have the investigation efforts suppressed.<ref>(冀忌帝聪慧，恐为后患，遂令左右进鸩。帝苦烦甚，使促召固。固入，前问：“陛下得患所由？”帝尚能言，曰：“食□饼，今腹中闷，得水尚可活。”时冀亦在侧，曰：“恐吐，不可饮水。”语未绝而崩。固伏尸号哭，推举侍医。冀虑其事泄，大恶之。) ''Houhanshu'', vol.63</ref><ref>(帝少而聪慧，知冀骄横，尝朝群臣，目冀曰：‘此跋扈将军也。’冀闻，深恶之，遂令左右进鸩加煮饼，帝即日崩。) ''Houhanshu'', vol.34</ref>

After Emperor Zhi's death, Liang Ji, under pressure by the key officials, was forced to summon a meeting of the officials to decide whom to enthrone as the new emperor.  The officials were again largely in favor of Prince Suan, but Liang Ji was still concerned about how he would be difficult to control.  Rather, he persuaded Empress Dowager Liang to make the 14-year-old Liu Zhi (((lang|zh-Hant|劉志))), the Marquess of Liwu, a great-grandson of Emperor Zhang, to whom Liang Ji's younger sister [[Liang Nüying]] (((lang|zh|梁女瑩))) was betrothed, emperor (as [[Emperor Huan of Han|Emperor Huan]]).

Long after Emperor Zhi's death, in November 175, [[Emperor Ling of Han|Emperor Ling]] bestowed on Emperor Zhi's mother [[Lady Chen]] the honorific title of Princess Xiao of Bohai, in recognition of her status as mother of an emperor.

== Era name ==
* ''Benchu'' (((lang|zh|本初))) 146

==Ancestry==
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==See also==
#[[Family tree of the Han dynasty]]

==References==
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