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Yao Chang

Portrait of Yao Chang

Later Qin · Sixteen Kingdoms · 1st ruler

後秦武昭帝 Hòu Qín Wǔzhāodì姚萇 Yáo Cháng

Wade–Giles: Hou Ch'in Wu-chao-ti · Yao Ch'ang

Reigned 386–393 (6 years)

Reigned 6 years (386–393). Died at 64 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Later Qin.

Facts

Reign
386 – 393 (1st ruler of Later Qin)
Length of reign
6 years
Born
Unknown
Died
393
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
64
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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)
Successor
Yao Xing
Era names
  • 建初 Jiànchū (proclaimed 386)

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
1
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
3
Rebellions suppressed
4
Rebellions faced
5
Capital relocations
0