Meng Zhixiang
Later Shu · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler
後蜀高祖 Hòu Shǔ Gāozǔ孟知祥 Mèng Zhīxiáng
Wade–Giles: Hou Shu Kao-tsu · Meng Chih-hsiang
Reigned 934 (175 days)
Reigned 175 days (934). Died at 61 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Later Shu.
Facts
- Reign
- 16 March 934 – 7 September 934 (1st ruler of Later Shu)
- Length of reign
- 175 days
- Born
- 10 May 874
- Died
- 7 September 934
- Age at accession
- 61
- Age at death
- 61
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Successor
- Meng Chang
- Era names
- 明德 Míngdé (proclaimed 934)
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
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 0