Liu Can
Han Zhao · Sixteen Kingdoms · 4th ruler
前趙隱帝 Qián Zhào Yǐndì劉粲 Liú Càn
Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Chao Yin-ti · Liu Ts'an
Reigned 318 (30 days)
Reigned 30 days (318). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 4th ruler of Han Zhao.
Facts
- Reign
- 318 – 318 (4th ruler of Han Zhao)
- Length of reign
- 30 days
- 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
- Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
- Predecessor
- Liu Cong
- Era names
- 漢昌 Hànchāng
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
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Han Zhao
- 1stLiu Yuan前趙光文帝 Qián Zhào Guāngwéndì劉淵 Liú Yuān308–310 · 2 years · Natural causes308–3102 yearsNatural causes
- 2ndLiu He劉和 Liú Hé310 · 6 days · Assassinated3106 daysAssassinated
- 3rdLiu Cong前趙昭武帝 Qián Zhào Zhāowǔdì劉聰 Liú Cōng310–318 · 7 years · Unknown310–3187 yearsUnknown
- 4thLiu Can前趙隱帝 Qián Zhào Yǐndì劉粲 Liú Càn318 · 30 days · Assassinated31830 daysAssassinated
- 5thLiu Yao劉曜 Liú Yào318–329 · 10 years · Executed318–32910 yearsExecuted