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Emperor Ai of Jin

Portrait of Emperor Ai of Jin

Eastern Jin · Jin · 6th ruler

晉哀帝 Jìn Āidì司馬丕 Sīmǎ Pī

Wade–Giles: Chin Ai-ti · Ssu-ma P'i

Reigned 361–365 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (361–365). Died at 25 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 6th ruler of Eastern Jin.

Facts

Reign
13 July 361 – 30 March 365 (6th ruler of Eastern Jin)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
30 March 365
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
25
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
Era names
  • 隆和 Lónghé (proclaimed 362)
  • 興寧 Xīngníng (proclaimed 363)

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
4
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
1
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Eastern Jin

All 11 emperors of Eastern Jin