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Li Shi

Cheng Han · Sixteen Kingdoms · 7th ruler

成漢後主 Chéng Hàn Hòuzhǔ李勢 Lǐ Shì

Wade–Giles: Ch'eng Han Hou-chu · Li Shih

Reigned 343–347 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (343–347). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 7th ruler of Cheng Han.

Facts

Reign
343 – 13 April 347 (7th ruler of Cheng Han)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
361
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Predecessor
Li Shou
Era names
  • 太和 Tàihé
  • 嘉寧 Jiāníng

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
2
General amnesties
2
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
1
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0