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Xiao Baojuan

Portrait of Xiao Baojuan

Southern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 6th ruler

齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭寶卷 Xiāo Bǎojuǎn

Wade–Giles: Ch'i Fei-ti · Hsiao Pao-chüan

Reigned 498–501 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (498–501). Assassinated at 19 (East Asian reckoning). 6th ruler of Southern Qi.

Facts

Reign
1 September 498 – 31 December 501 (6th ruler of Southern Qi)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
31 December 501
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
19
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Era names
  • 永元 Yǒngyuán (proclaimed 499)

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
5
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
4
Rebellions faced
5
Capital relocations
0