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Li Qi

Cheng Han · Sixteen Kingdoms · 5th ruler

李期 Lǐ Qī

Wade–Giles: Li Ch'i

Reigned 334–338 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (334–338). Died by suicide at 25 (East Asian reckoning). 5th ruler of Cheng Han.

Facts

Reign
334 – 338 (5th ruler of Cheng Han)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
June 338
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
25
Cause of death
Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Li Ban
Successor
Li Shou
Era names
  • 玉恆 Yùhéng (proclaimed 334)

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
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0