Emperor Wu of Chen

Facts

Reign

16 November 557 – 9 August 559 (1st ruler of Chen)

Length of reign

1 year

Born

503

Died

9 August 559

Age at accession

Unknown

Age at death

57

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Abdication from another dynastyReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)

Predecessor

Emperor Jing of Liang

Successor

Emperor Wen of Chen

Era names

• 永定 Yǒngdìng (proclaimed 557)

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

1

Empresses installed

1

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

2

Rebellions faced

2

Capital relocations

0