Gongsun Shu
Chengjia · Xin to early Eastern Han · 1st ruler
公孫述 Gōngsūn Shù
Wade–Giles: Kung-sun Shu
Reigned 25–36 (11 years)
Reigned 11 years (25–36). Killed in battle; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Chengjia.
Facts
- Reign
- 25 – 24 December 36 (1st ruler of Chengjia)
- Length of reign
- 11 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 24 December 36
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- Killed in battleDied in combat, whether on campaign, in defense or while suppressing a revolt
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Era names
- 龍興 Lóngxīng (proclaimed 25)
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 0