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Emperor Chong of Han

Eastern Han · 9th ruler

漢沖帝 Hàn Chōngdì劉炳 Liú Bǐng

Wade–Giles: Han Ch'ung-ti · Liu Ping

Reigned 144–145 (148 days)

Reigned 148 days (144–145). Died at 3 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 9th ruler of Eastern Han.

Facts

Reign
20 September 144 – 15 February 145 (9th ruler of Eastern Han)
Length of reign
148 days
Born
143
Died
15 February 145
Age at accession
2
Age at death
3
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Era names
  • 永憙 Yǒngxī (proclaimed 145)

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
0
Rebellions suppressed
2
Rebellions faced
5
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Eastern Han

All 14 emperors of Eastern Han