THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HAN EMPIRE AND IMPERIAL CHINA
On February 28, 202 b.c.e., over three hundred nobles and generals gathered on the north bank of the Fan River to proclaim Liu Bang (pronounced Leo Bahng) the first emperor of the Han (Hahn) dynasty.1 They had little idea of what the future might bring, but they certainly hoped that a new dynasty would mean the end of the war. For five years China had been torn apart by civil war between the forces of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu (Shee-on You). This struggle had followed the collapse of the repressive Qin (Cheen) dynasty, which itself had only offered fourteen years of respite from five centuries of nearly constant warfare. Tens of thousands of men had died in battle, traditional Chinese culture had been turned upside down, and the people were exhausted. Perhaps stability had finally come.
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How was the Han Dynasty estab lished? When was the Han Dynasty established? What effect did the Han Dynasty have on China?
