He was born into the imperial family, yet raised in prison.
He was a dissolute youth, yet became the rejuvenating ruler who restored the Han Dynasty to greatness.
He grew up among the common people, roamed the capital region, and knew the people's hardships well.
His magnificent transformation from condemned prisoner to emperor told the legendary story of his entire life.
His life was full of hardships, yet he was benevolent and cared for the people, lightened corvée labor and taxes, raised the Han Empire to its peak, and became the legendary emperor who first expanded Han territory across the Eurasian continent.
He inherited a Han that had only just emerged from a time when its registered households had been cut in half and its people were suffering, yet when he departed, he left behind six hundred thousand Han cavalry and a powerful, prosperous Heavenly Han Empire…
