Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei
Eastern Wei · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 1st ruler
東魏孝靜帝 Dōng Wèi Xiàojìngdì元善見 Yuán Shànjiàn
Wade–Giles: Tung Wei Hsiao-ching-ti · Yüan Shan-chien
Reigned 534–550 (15 years)
Reigned 15 years (534–550). Assassinated at 28 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Eastern Wei.
Facts
- Reign
- 8 November 534 – 7 June 550 (1st ruler of Eastern Wei)
- Length of reign
- 15 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 21 January 552
- Age at accession
- 11
- Age at death
- 28
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- 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
- Predecessor
- Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei
- Successor
- Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi
- Era names
- 天平 Tiānpíng (proclaimed 534)
- 元象 Yuánxiàng (proclaimed 538)
- 興和 Xīnghé (proclaimed 539)
- 武定 Wǔdìng (proclaimed 543)
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
- 4
- General amnesties
- 11
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 10
- Rebellions faced
- 11
- Capital relocations
- 1