Lin Shihong
Chu (Lin Shihong) · Late Sui · 1st ruler
林士弘 Lín Shìhóng
Wade–Giles: Lin Shih-hung
Reigned 617–622 (4 years)
Reigned 4 years (617–622). Age and cause of death unknown. 1st ruler of Chu (Lin Shihong).
Facts
- Reign
- 22 January 617 – 622 (1st ruler of Chu (Lin Shihong))
- Length of reign
- 4 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- Unknown
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
- 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)
- Predecessor
- 操師乞 (did not claim the title of emperor)
- Era names
- 太平 Tàipíng (proclaimed 617)
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
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0