Zhang Zuo
Former Liang · Sixteen Kingdoms · 7th ruler
張祚 Zhāng Zuò
Wade–Giles: Chang Tso
Reigned 354–355 (1 year)
Reigned 1 year (354–355). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 7th ruler of Former Liang.
Facts
- Reign
- 354 – 355 (7th ruler of Former Liang)
- Length of reign
- 1 year
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- Unknown
- 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
- UsurpationFounded the titleSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
- Predecessor
- 張耀靈 (did not claim the title of emperor)
- Era names
- 和平 Hépíng (proclaimed 354)
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0