An Qingxu

Yan (An–Shi) · Tang · 2nd ruler

安慶緒 Ān Qìngxù

Wade–Giles: An Ch'ing-hsü

Reigned 757–759 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (757–759). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 2nd ruler of Yan (An–Shi).

Facts

Reign: 30 January 757 – 7 April 759 (2nd ruler of Yan (An–Shi))
Length of reign: 2 years
Born: Unknown
Died: 759
Age at accession: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Cause of death: AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne: UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor: An Lushan
Successor: Shi Siming
Era names: 載初 Zàichū (proclaimed 757)
天成 Tiānchéng (proclaimed 757)

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

Emperors of Yan (An–Shi)

All 4 emperors of Yan (An–Shi)