Emperor Ming of Han mother Yin Lihua
Family background
Liu Yang was born in AD 28 to Emperor Guangwu and his first love, Consort Yin Lihua.  Emperor Guangwu, then still an official under Gengshi Emperor, had married Yin in 23. After he became emperor in 25, had wanted to create her empress, but she declined because she had no sons at that point.  Instead, she endorsed Consort Guo, who had already had a son (Liu Jiang (劉疆)), and Emperor Guangwu created Consort Guo empress and Prince Jiang crown prince in 26.  However, Prince Yang's birth in 28 was still considered a major event.Death
In 75, Emperor Ming died.  His will ordered that no temple be built for him, and that he only be worshipped as part of the worship of his mother Empress Dowager Yin.  (This became a systematic reform that the rest of the Eastern Han Dynasty emperors largely followed; they did not have separate temples built for themselves, but instead were worshipped along with Emperor Guangwu.  This was a major saving compared to the Western Han system of building a separate temple for each emperor.)  His son Crown Prince Da succeeded to the throne as Emperor Zhang.
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