The
Xin Dynasty was a
ChineseChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
dynastyA dynasty is a succession of people belonging to the same family, who, through various means and forms maintain power, influence or authority over the course of generations. Most commonly the term is used specifically in reference to royal houses and imperial dynasties — their authority manifests...
(although strictly speaking it had only one
emperorAn emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right...
) which lasted from
9Year 9 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Claudius marries Plautia Urgulanilla following the death of Livia Medullina....
to
23Year 23 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus – it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.* Tiberius' son...
AD. It followed the Western Han Dynasty and preceded the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The sole emperor of the Xin Dynasty,
Wang MangWang Mang , courtesy name Jujun , was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty , ruling AD 9–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow and his rule marks the separation between the Western Han Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty...
(王莽), was the nephew of
Grand Empress Dowager Wang ZhengjunEmpress Wang Zhengjun , , official imperial title Empress Xiaoyuan , later and more commonly known as Grand Empress Dowager Wang, born in Yuancheng , was an empress during the Western Han Dynasty of China, who played important roles during the reigns of five successive Han emperors—her...
. After the death of her step-grandson
Emperor AiEmperor Ai of Han was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor Cheng, who was childless, and he reigned from 7 BC to 1 BC....
in
1 BC1 BC was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. It was preceded by 2 BC and followed by AD 1 , since there was no year zero.-Religion:...
, Wang Mang rose to power. After several years of cultivating a personality cult, he finally proclaimed himself emperor in 9.
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The
Xin Dynasty was a
ChineseChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
dynastyA dynasty is a succession of people belonging to the same family, who, through various means and forms maintain power, influence or authority over the course of generations. Most commonly the term is used specifically in reference to royal houses and imperial dynasties — their authority manifests...
(although strictly speaking it had only one
emperorAn emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right...
) which lasted from
9Year 9 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Claudius marries Plautia Urgulanilla following the death of Livia Medullina....
to
23Year 23 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.-Roman Empire:* Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus – it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world.* Tiberius' son...
AD. It followed the Western Han Dynasty and preceded the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The sole emperor of the Xin Dynasty,
Wang MangWang Mang , courtesy name Jujun , was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty , ruling AD 9–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow and his rule marks the separation between the Western Han Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty...
(王莽), was the nephew of
Grand Empress Dowager Wang ZhengjunEmpress Wang Zhengjun , , official imperial title Empress Xiaoyuan , later and more commonly known as Grand Empress Dowager Wang, born in Yuancheng , was an empress during the Western Han Dynasty of China, who played important roles during the reigns of five successive Han emperors—her...
. After the death of her step-grandson
Emperor AiEmperor Ai of Han was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor Cheng, who was childless, and he reigned from 7 BC to 1 BC....
in
1 BC1 BC was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. It was preceded by 2 BC and followed by AD 1 , since there was no year zero.-Religion:...
, Wang Mang rose to power. After several years of cultivating a personality cult, he finally proclaimed himself emperor in 9. However, while a creative scholar and politician, he was an incompetent ruler, and his capital
Chang'anChang'an is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Chang'an literally means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. During the short-lived Xin Dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace" ; yet after its fall in the year 23 AD, the old name was restored...
was besieged by peasant rebels in 23 AD. He died in the siege, and the Han Dynasty was restored by descendants of the former imperial clan.