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Li Shou

Cheng Han · Sixteen Kingdoms · 6th ruler

成漢昭文帝 Chéng Hàn Zhāowéndì李壽 Lǐ Shòu

Wade–Giles: Ch'eng Han Chao-wen-ti · Li Shou

Reigned 338–343 (5 years)

Reigned 5 years (338–343). Died at 44 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 6th ruler of Cheng Han.

Facts

Reign
338 – 343 (6th ruler of Cheng Han)
Length of reign
5 years
Born
Unknown
Died
September 343
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
44
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Li Qi
Successor
Li Shi
Era names
  • 漢興 Hànxīng (proclaimed 338)

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
1
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0