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  !style "background:#ccf border-bottom:2px solid" align=center colspan=2'''Han Wudi''' (&#28450&#27494&#24093)
  align right style="border-top:1px solid" (&#21129)
  align right style="border-top:1px solid" Given Name :style="border-top:1px solid"Zhi&sup1 (&#24408), later Che&sup2 (&#24505)</small>
  align right style="border-top:1px solid" Courtesy Name (&#23383):style="border-top:1px solid"Tong<small><sup>3</sup></small> (&#36890)</small>
  align right style="border-top:3px solid"Dates of reign:style="border-top:3px solid"Mar 9, 141 BC &ndashMar 29, 87 BC
  align right style="border-top:1px solid" Temple Name :style="border-top:1px solid"Shizong (&#19990&#23447)
  align center style="border-top:1px solid" Posthumous Name :<br>(short)style="border-top:1px solid"Wu (wǔ, &#27494&#24093,<br> literary meaning "martial")
  align center style="border-top:1px solid" Posthumous Name :<br>(full)style="border-top:1px solid"Xiaowu (xiào wǔ, &#23389&#27494&#30343&#24093, <br>literary meaning "filial and martial")
  colspan 2 align=center style="border-top:3px solid"<small>''General note: Dates given here are in the Proleptic Julian Calendar <br>They are not in the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar ''
  colspan 2 align=center ———
  colspan 2 align=center <small>''1 Allegedly, Emperor Jing , father of Emperor Wu, had a dream<br>in which the late Emperor Gaozu suggested this name<br>Zhi means "pig", "hog"''
  colspan 2 align=center <small>''2 Had his name changed into the more suitable Che when he was<br>officially made crown prince in April 150 BC ''
  colspan 2 align=center <small>''3 This courtesy name is reported by Xun Yue </i> </small>(&#33600&#24709) <small><i>( 148 - 209 ),<br>the author of Records Of The Han Dynasty </i> </small>(&#28450&#32000)<small><i>, but other sources<br>do not mention a courtesy name''