During the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han, all those dead princes and dukes, their ups and downs were all predetermined by fate, weren't they? In the Yuan Shi years, Wang Mang usurped power, making a big show of rewarding the imperial family, even the grandkids of kings and nobles got appointed; when he became regent, the number of titles granted increased even more, but none of them were proper heirs, so I won’t record them. And then, poof! They were gone. Man, that's sad!
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