Emperor Jing of Liang

Facts

Reign

29 October 555 – 16 November 557 (5th ruler of Liang)

Length of reign

2 years

Born

Unknown

Died

5 May 558

Age at accession

Unknown

Age at death

16

Cause of death

AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)

Path to the throne

Installed by othersSucceeded 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

Xiao Yuanming

Successor

Emperor Wu of Chen

Era names

• 紹泰 Shàotài (proclaimed 555)
• 太平 Tàipíng (proclaimed 556)

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

4

Empresses installed

1

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

6

Rebellions faced

6

Capital relocations

0