When ambition finally drove him to usurp the throne and first--and most remarkable--coup d'etat of the first millennium. In the eyes of posterity, it was also to leave Wang Mang eternally damned as the "usurper."
當他露出狼子野心，篡位登基、改國號為「新」朝，也是西元開始後中國最引人注目的第一個政治事件。