Liu Chang
Southern Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 5th ruler
南漢後主 Nán Hàn Hòuzhǔ劉鋹 Liú Chǎng
Wade–Giles: Nan Han Hou-chu · Liu Ch'ang
Reigned 958–971 (12 years)
Reigned 12 years (958–971). Died at 39 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 5th ruler of Southern Han.
Facts
- Reign
- 18 September 958 – 4 March 971 (5th ruler of Southern Han)
- Length of reign
- 12 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 980
- Age at accession
- 16
- Age at death
- 39
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Succession (circumstances unrecorded)Succeeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the primary sources do not say who decided it (e.g. Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Song)
- Predecessor
- Liu Sheng
- Era names
- 大寶 Dàbǎo (proclaimed 958)
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
Emperors of Southern Han
- 2ndLiu Yan南漢高祖 Nán Hàn Gāozǔ劉龑 Liú Yǎn917–942 · 24 years · Natural causes, age 54917–94224 yearsNatural causes, age 54
- 3rdLiu Bin南漢殤帝 Nán Hàn Shāngdì劉玢 Liú Bīn942–943 · 309 days · Assassinated, age 24942–943309 daysAssassinated, age 24
- 4thLiu Sheng南漢中宗 Nán Hàn Zhōngzōng劉晟 Liú Shèng943–958 · 15 years · Natural causes, age 39943–95815 yearsNatural causes, age 39
- 5thLiu Chang南漢後主 Nán Hàn Hòuzhǔ劉鋹 Liú Chǎng958–971 · 12 years · Natural causes, age 39958–97112 yearsNatural causes, age 39