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Emperor Xian of Han

Portrait of Emperor Xian of Han

Eastern Han · 14th ruler

漢獻帝 Hàn Xiàndì劉協 Liú Xié

Wade–Giles: Han Hsien-ti · Liu Hsieh

Reigned 189–220 (31 years)

Reigned 31 years (189–220). Died at 54 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 14th ruler of Eastern Han.

Facts

Reign
28 September 189 – 11 December 220 (14th ruler of Eastern Han)
Length of reign
31 years
Born
181
Died
April 234
Age at accession
9
Age at death
54
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
Predecessor
Liu Bian
Successor
Cao Pi
Era names
  • 永漢 Yǒnghàn (proclaimed 189)
  • 初平 Chūpíng (proclaimed 190)
  • 興平 Xīngpíng (proclaimed 194)
  • 建安 Jiàn'ān (proclaimed 196)
  • 延康 Yánkāng (proclaimed 220)

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
6
General amnesties
11
Empresses installed
2
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
4
Rebellions faced
4
Capital relocations
2

Emperors of Eastern Han

All 14 emperors of Eastern Han