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Emperor Shun of Han

Eastern Han · 8th ruler

漢順帝 Hàn Shùndì劉保 Liú Bǎo

Wade–Giles: Han Shun-ti · Liu Pao

Reigned 125–144 (18 years)

Reigned 18 years (125–144). Died at 30 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 8th ruler of Eastern Han.

Facts

Reign
16 December 125 – 20 September 144 (8th ruler of Eastern Han)
Length of reign
18 years
Born
115
Died
20 September 144
Age at accession
11
Age at death
30
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
  • 永建 Yǒngjiàn (proclaimed 126)
  • 陽嘉 Yángjiā (proclaimed 132)
  • 永和 Yǒnghé (proclaimed 136)
  • 漢安 Hàn'ān (proclaimed 142)
  • 建康 Jiànkāng (proclaimed 144)

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
5
General amnesties
8
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
20
Rebellions faced
21
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Eastern Han

All 14 emperors of Eastern Han