Li Jing
Southern Tang · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 2nd ruler
南唐元宗 Nán Táng Yuánzōng李璟 Lǐ Jǐng
Wade–Giles: Nan T'ang Yüan-tsung · Li Ching
Reigned 943–958 (15 years)
Reigned 15 years (943–958). Died at 46 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 2nd ruler of Southern Tang.
Facts
- Reign
- 8 April 943 – June 958 (2nd ruler of Southern Tang)
- Length of reign
- 15 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 12 August 961
- Age at accession
- 28
- Age at death
- 46
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- 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
- Li Bian
- Era names
- 保大 Bǎodà (proclaimed 943)
- 中興 Zhōngxīng (proclaimed 958)
- 交泰 Jiāotài (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
- 3
- General amnesties
- 3
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 2
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 0