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Zhu Ci

Qin (Zhu Ci) · Tang · 1st ruler

朱泚 Zhū Cǐ

Wade–Giles: Chu Tz'u

Reigned 783–784 (237 days)

Reigned 237 days (783–784). Assassinated at 43 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Qin (Zhu Ci).

Facts

Reign
7 November 783 – July 784 (1st ruler of Qin (Zhu Ci))
Length of reign
237 days
Born
Unknown
Died
July 784
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
43
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
  • 應天 Yīngtiān (proclaimed 783)
  • 天皇 Tiānhuáng (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
2
General amnesties
0
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0