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Shi Zun

Later Zhao · Sixteen Kingdoms · 5th ruler

石遵 Shí Zūn

Wade–Giles: Shih Tsun

Reigned 349 (184 days)

Reigned 184 days (349). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 5th ruler of Later Zhao.

Facts

Reign
349 – 349 (5th ruler of Later Zhao)
Length of reign
184 days
Born
Unknown
Died
December 349
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Shi Shi
Successor
Shi Jian

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
0
General amnesties
1
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
2
Rebellions faced
3
Capital relocations
0