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Emperor Jianwen of Jin

Eastern Jin · Jin · 8th ruler

晉簡文帝 Jìn Jiǎnwéndì司馬昱 Sīmǎ Yù

Wade–Giles: Chin Chien-wen-ti · Ssu-ma Yü

Reigned 372 (250 days)

Reigned 250 days (372). Died at 53 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 8th ruler of Eastern Jin.

Facts

Reign
6 January 372 – 12 September 372 (8th ruler of Eastern Jin)
Length of reign
250 days
Born
Unknown
Died
12 September 372
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
53
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
  • 咸安 Xián'ān (proclaimed 372)

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
0
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