Liu Cong

Facts

Reign

310 – 31 August 318 (3rd ruler of Han Zhao)

Length of reign

7 years

Born

Unknown

Died

31 August 318

Age at accession

Unknown

Age at death

Unknown

Cause of death

UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it

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

Liu He

Successor

Liu Can

Era names

• 光興 Guāngxīng (proclaimed 310)
• 嘉平 Jiāpíng
• 建元 Jiànyuán
• 麟嘉 Línjiā

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

4

General amnesties

6

Empresses installed

8

Crown princes deposed

1

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

1

Rebellions faced

1

Capital relocations

0