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Yuwen Huaji

Portrait of Yuwen Huaji

Xu · Late Sui · 1st ruler

宇文化及 Yǔwén Huàjí

Wade–Giles: Yü-wen Hua-chi

Reigned 618–619 (146 days)

Reigned 146 days (618–619). Executed; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Xu.

Facts

Reign
23 October 618 – 18 March 619 (1st ruler of Xu)
Length of reign
146 days
Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
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
  • 天壽 Tiānshòu (proclaimed 618)

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
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0