Skip to content

Xue Ju

Qin (Xue Ju) · Late Sui · 1st ruler

薛舉 Xuē Jǔ

Wade–Giles: Hsüeh Chü

Reigned 617–618 (1 year)

Reigned 1 year (617–618). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Qin (Xue Ju).

Facts

Reign
August 617 – 4 September 618 (1st ruler of Qin (Xue Ju))
Length of reign
1 year
Born
Unknown
Died
4 September 618
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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)
Successor
Xue Rengao

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
0
General amnesties
0
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
2
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
1