In history, apart from Zhu Yuanzhang, which emperor was born as a commoner?

In the history of China, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, I think Liu Xiu, Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was also a civilian emperor for three main reasons:

First, although Liu Xiu is the ninth grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, he does have a trace of royal blood. However, Liu Xiu's royal membership declined from generation to generation under the dilution of Emperor Wu's decree, and by his father's generation, it had fallen to the level of county magistrate. You could have got some light. As a result, Liu Xiu caught up with Wang Mang's usurpation of government and established a new dynasty. In this way, the royal status of Liu's bottom members is completely useless. Liu Xiu's father died when he was nine years old, so his family had to go back to their hometown to go to his uncle, so Liu Xiu established a real civilian.

Liu Xiu was a good cook when he was young. His brother Ada always laughs at him, saying that he, like Liu Bang's second brother, can only farm. This proves that Liu Xiu was indeed a civilian at that time. His ancestor Liu Bang was a grass-roots civil servant at that time, working as a curator in Surabaya and doing something for the court. Liu Xiu was a farmer at that time and solved the problem of food and clothing by himself.

Second, Liu Xiu's success is a typical self-made, and his world is made entirely by his own blood, sweat and wisdom. When Liu Xiu devoted himself to agriculture, the national uprising was in full swing. He didn't join the uprising at first, but judged the situation and thought the time was ripe before he raised the banner of righteousness. During the uprising, he didn't even have a horse. He rode an ox to fight and was praised as "the emperor on the back of an ox" by later generations. I thought that Liu Xiu was brave and good at strategizing, so he was very popular with the soldiers and slowly gathered many heroes around him. Under his leadership and command, after more than ten years of fighting, the Red Eyebrow Army and the outlaw regime were eliminated successively, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was established. Someone once commented that "it is more difficult for a man to win the world with his bare hands than for a great-grandfather." It serves to show the difficulty of Liu Xiu starting from scratch.

Third, the reason why later generations think that Liu Xiu is not a civilian is his royal blood. Many people regard his achievements as "glorifying martial arts and rejuvenating the country", but I don't think so. In my opinion, Liu Xiu established a brand-new and complete new dynasty, but when he held high the banner of benevolence and righteousness, he used the banner of "reviving Gaozu's inheritance, which will last forever", and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he took "Han" as the national title. I quite agree with Professor Huang's statement: "Among the emperors in China, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty is the only one who holds the titles of King Zhongxing and Emperor Dingding at the same time. Liu Xiu's' revival' is to rebuild a new dynasty, but this new dynasty still uses the title of Han. "

Therefore, I think Liu Xiu is also a civilian emperor.