Li Zicheng
Shun · Ming · 1st ruler
順永昌帝 Shùn Yǒngchāngdì李自成 Lǐ Zìchéng
Wade–Giles: Shun Yung-ch'ang-ti · Li Tzu-ch'eng
Reigned 1644–1645 (1 year)
Reigned 1 year (1644–1645). Died at 40 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death disputed. 1st ruler of Shun.
Facts
- Reign
- 3 June 1644 – 1645 (1st ruler of Shun)
- Length of reign
- 1 year
- Born
- 1606
- Died
- 1645
- Age at accession
- 39
- Age at death
- 40
- Cause of death
- DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one
- 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)
- Era names
- 永昌 Yǒngchāng (proclaimed 1644)
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 0