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Liu Sheng

Southern Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 4th ruler

南漢中宗 Nán Hàn Zhōngzōng劉晟 Liú Shèng

Wade–Giles: Nan Han Chung-tsung · Liu Sheng

Reigned 943–958 (15 years)

Reigned 15 years (943–958). Died at 39 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 4th ruler of Southern Han.

Facts

Reign
16 April 943 – 18 September 958 (4th ruler of Southern Han)
Length of reign
15 years
Born
Unknown
Died
18 September 958
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
39
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Liu Bin
Successor
Liu Chang
Era names
  • 應乾 Yīngqián (proclaimed 943)
  • 乾和 Qiánhé (proclaimed 943)

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
2
General amnesties
2
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0