Emperor Wu of Liang

Facts

Reign

30 April 502 – 12 June 549 (1st ruler of Liang)

Length of reign

47 years

Born

464

Died

12 June 549

Age at accession

39

Age at death

86

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Abdication from another dynastyReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)

Predecessor

Emperor He of Southern Qi

Successor

Emperor Jianwen of Liang

Era names

• 天監 Tiānjiān (proclaimed 502)
• 普通 Pǔtōng (proclaimed 520)
• 大通 Dàtōng (proclaimed 527)
• 中大通 Zhōngdàtōng (proclaimed 529)
• 大同 Dàtóng (proclaimed 535)
• 中大同 Zhōngdàtóng (proclaimed 546)
• 太清 Tàiqīng (proclaimed 547)

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

7

General amnesties

37

Empresses installed

0

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

6

Rebellions faced

6

Capital relocations

0