P'ing-ti
flourished 8 BC–AD 6
Pinyin Pingdi last ruling emperor of China's Western, or Former, Han dynasty.
P'ing-ti was placed on the throne in 1 BC by the powerful minister Wang Mang, whose daughter he married five years later. Though proof is lacking, it has been claimed that P'ing-ti was poisoned by his father-in-law. In any case, P'ing-ti's death allowed Wang to assume the title of regent to a child emperor; in AD 9, Wang finally set aside the Han dynasty altogether and established himself as emperor of the Hsin dynasty.
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