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The 37 pages that link to Emperor Wu of Han, each with the reason it gives.

• Silk RoadRelated: His campaigns garrisoned the routes, turning diplomatic trails into a secured trade corridor.

• Han dynastyBroader topic: His campaigns and court policies marked the height of Western Han expansion.

• Mandate of HeavenBroader topic: His reign shows how imperial institutions adopted Confucian ideas about rule and Heaven.

• Sima QianRelated: His reign formed the immediate political setting for Sima Qian’s official career.

• Han–Xiongnu warsRelated: His reign marked the turn from accommodation toward sustained offensive campaigns.

• Chinese New YearRelated: His calendar reform helped establish the calendrical framework associated with the traditional New Year.

• LaoziRelated: Under his reign, Laozi’s place within state-supported intellectual life shifted.

• Zhang QianRelated: Commissioned the original mission in 138 BCE after recruiting volunteers at court.

• Hexi CorridorRelated: His campaigns brought the Hexi region under Han control and strengthened its frontier role.

• Dong ZhongshuRelated: Dong Zhongshu’s proposals are associated with the court of Emperor Wu.

• DunhuangRelated: His campaigns created the commandery; Dunhuang was founded as a Han outpost under him.

• GojoseonRelated: His campaign against Gojoseon led to its conquest and the establishment of commanderies.

• NanyueRelated: His expansionist campaigns ended the kingdom's independence.

• Civil service examinationRelated: His promotion of Confucian learning helped establish the intellectual basis for official selection.

• Western Han dynastyBroader topic: His reign marked Western Han’s most extensive territorial expansion and state intervention.

• TianRelated: His reign made state institutions and imperial rites central to Han-era interpretations of Heaven.

• Wang MangCompared with: His successful centralization contrasts with Wang Mang’s failed attempt to remake the state.

• Four Commanderies of HanRelated: His government ordered the campaign that destroyed Wiman Joseon.

• HeqinRelated: His campaigns against the Xiongnu marked a major turn away from reliance on heqin.

• MinyueRelated: His southern expansion brought the Han court into conflict with Minyue.

• Nam ViệtRelated: His expansionist policy ended Nam Việt’s independence in 111 BCE.

• Protectorate of the Western RegionsRelated: His campaigns and diplomatic initiatives laid groundwork for later Han control in the west.

• Wiman JoseonRelated: He ordered the campaigns that ended Wiman Joseon.

• Emperor Guangwu of HanCompared with: His expansive rule contrasts with Guangwu’s emphasis on recovery after civil war.

• Han dynasty militaryRelated: His reign marked a major escalation in campaigns and frontier spending.

• Huo QubingRelated: Emperor Wu sponsored Huo’s campaigns and elevated him to high command.

• Ferghana ValleyRelated: Ordered the campaigns that made the valley the route's first major western destination.

• Wei QingRelated: Emperor Wu sponsored the offensives that made Wei Qing a leading commander.

• Emperor of ChinaBroader topic: His reign illustrates the reach and costs of a powerful early empire.

• Emperor Xuan of HanNarrower topic: Xuan inherited the imperial system built under Wu, along with its fiscal and political strains.

• Jade Gate PassRelated: His campaigns against the Xiongnu created the frontier the pass was built to hold.

• Sima XiangruRelated: Sima Xiangru’s court career unfolded under the emperor’s rule and literary patronage.

• Western HanBroader topic: His reign shows the high point of Western Han expansion and imperial consolidation.

• CujuRelated: Historical accounts associate his court with cuju as recreation and physical exercise.

• Old ChosŏnRelated: His expansionist government launched the campaign that conquered Old Chosŏn.

• Discourses on Salt and IronRelated: His costly campaigns and economic controls formed much of the debate's recent background.

• Southward expansion of the Han dynastyRelated: His reign launched the campaigns that destroyed Nanyue and extended Han authority southward.