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
Emperors of Later Qin
- 1stYao Chang後秦武昭帝 Hòu Qín Wǔzhāodì姚萇 Yáo Cháng386–393 · 6 years · Natural causes, age 64386–3936 yearsNatural causes, age 64
- 2ndYao Xing後秦文桓帝 Hòu Qín Wénhuándì姚興 Yáo Xīng394–399 · 5 years · Natural causes, age 51394–3995 yearsNatural causes, age 51
- 3rdYao Hong姚泓 Yáo Hóng416–417 · 1 year · Executed, age 30416–4171 yearExecuted, age 30