Murong Xi
Later Yan · Sixteen Kingdoms · 7th ruler
後燕昭文帝 Hòu Yàn Zhāowéndì慕容熙 Mùróng Xī
Wade–Giles: Hou Yen Chao-wen-ti · Mu-jung Hsi
Reigned 401–407 (7 years)
Reigned 7 years (401–407). Executed at 23 (East Asian reckoning). 7th ruler of Later Yan.
Facts
- Reign
- 401 – 407 (7th ruler of Later Yan)
- Length of reign
- 7 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 407
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 23
- Cause of death
- ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersFounded the titleSucceeded 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
- Murong Sheng
- Era names
- 光始 Guāngshǐ (proclaimed 401)
- 建始 Jiànshǐ (proclaimed 407)
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
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 3
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- 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