Shi Le
Later Zhao · Sixteen Kingdoms · 1st ruler
後趙明帝 Hòu Zhào Míngdì石勒 Shí Lè
Wade–Giles: Hou Chao Ming-ti · Shih Le
Reigned 330–333 (3 years)
Reigned 3 years (330–333). Died at 60 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Later Zhao.
Facts
- Reign
- 330 – 17 August 333 (1st ruler of Later Zhao)
- Length of reign
- 3 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 333
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 60
- 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
- Shi Hong
- Era names
- 建平 Jiànpíng (proclaimed 330)
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
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Later Zhao
- 1stShi Le後趙明帝 Hòu Zhào Míngdì石勒 Shí Lè330–333 · 3 years · Natural causes, age 60330–3333 yearsNatural causes, age 60
- 2ndShi Hong石弘 Shí Hóng333–334 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 22333–3341 yearAssassinated, age 22
- 3rdShi Hu後趙武帝 Hòu Zhào Wǔdì石虎 Shí Hǔ349 · 131 days · Natural causes, age 55349131 daysNatural causes, age 55
- 4thShi Shi石世 Shí Shì349 · 33 days · Assassinated34933 daysAssassinated
- 5thShi Zun石遵 Shí Zūn349 · 184 days · Assassinated349184 daysAssassinated
- 6thShi Jian石鑑 Shí Jiàn349–350 · 103 days · Assassinated349–350103 daysAssassinated
- 7thShi Zhi石祗 Shí Zhī350–351 · 1 year · Assassinated350–3511 yearAssassinated