Li Xilie
Chu (Li Xilie) · Tang · 1st ruler
李希烈 Lǐ Xīliè
Wade–Giles: Li Hsi-lieh
Reigned 784–786 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (784–786). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Chu (Li Xilie).
Facts
- Reign
- February 784 – 9 May 786 (1st ruler of Chu (Li Xilie))
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 9 May 786
- 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
- 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
- 武成 Wǔchéng (proclaimed 784)
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