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Gao Shaoyi

Northern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties

高紹義 Gāo Shàoyì

Wade–Giles: Kao Shao-i

Reigned 578–580 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (578–580). Age and cause of death unknown.

Facts

Reign
January 578 – 27 July 580
Length of reign
2 years
Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
Path to the throne
Proclaimed by supportersFounded the titleDid not receive the throne from an earlier ruler, and did not claim it on their own initiative but was set up by others (e.g. the emperors of the Southern Ming)
Era names
  • 武平 Wǔpíng (proclaimed 578)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes
1
General amnesties
0
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0