Murong Sheng
Later Yan · Sixteen Kingdoms · 6th ruler
後燕昭武帝 Hòu Yàn Zhāowǔdì慕容盛 Mùróng Shèng
Wade–Giles: Hou Yen Chao-wu-ti · Mu-jung Sheng
Reigned 398–400 (1 year)
Reigned 1 year (398–400). Assassinated at 29 (East Asian reckoning). 6th ruler of Later Yan.
Facts
- Reign
- 398 – 400 (6th ruler of Later Yan)
- Length of reign
- 1 year
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- September 401
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 29
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- UsurpationFounded the titleSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
- Predecessor
- Murong Bao
- Successor
- Murong Xi
- Era names
- 建平 Jiànpíng (proclaimed 398)
- 長樂 Chánglè (proclaimed 399)
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
- 2
- General amnesties
- 2
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 3
- Rebellions suppressed
- 2
- Rebellions faced
- 3
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Later Yan
- 1stMurong Chui後燕成武帝 Hòu Yàn Chéngwǔdì慕容垂 Mùróng Chuí386–396 · 10 years · Natural causes, age 71386–39610 yearsNatural causes, age 71
- 2ndMurong Bao後燕惠愍帝 Hòu Yàn Huìmǐndì慕容寶 Mùróng Bǎo396–398 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 44396–3981 yearAssassinated, age 44
- 3rdMurong Xiang慕容詳 Mùróng Xiáng397 · 183 days · Executed397183 daysExecuted
- 4thMurong Lin慕容麟 Mùróng Lín397–398 · 151 days · Suicide (incl. forced)397–398151 daysSuicide (incl. forced)
- 6thMurong Sheng後燕昭武帝 Hòu Yàn Zhāowǔdì慕容盛 Mùróng Shèng398–400 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 29398–4001 yearAssassinated, age 29
- 7thMurong Xi後燕昭文帝 Hòu Yàn Zhāowéndì慕容熙 Mùróng Xī401–407 · 7 years · Executed, age 23401–4077 yearsExecuted, age 23