Wang Mang
Xin · Xin to early Eastern Han · 1st ruler
王莽 Wáng Mǎng
Wade–Giles: Wang Mang
Reigned 9–23 (14 years)
Reigned 14 years (9–23). Killed in battle at 68 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Xin.
Facts
- Reign
- 10 January 9 – 6 October 23 (1st ruler of Xin)
- Length of reign
- 14 years
- Born
- 45 BC
- Died
- 6 October 23
- Age at accession
- 53
- Age at death
- 68
- Cause of death
- Killed in battleDied in combat, whether on campaign, in defense or while suppressing a revolt
- Path to the throne
- Abdication from another dynastyFounded the titleReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)
- Predecessor
- 劉嬰 (did not claim the title of emperor)
- Era names
- 始建國 Shǐjiànguó (proclaimed 9)
- 天鳳 Tiānfèng (proclaimed 14)
- 地皇 Dìhuáng (proclaimed 20)
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
- 3
- General amnesties
- 11
- Empresses installed
- 2
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 10
- Rebellions faced
- 10
- Capital relocations
- 0