Liu Zhiyuan
Later Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler
後漢高祖 Hòu Hàn Gāozǔ劉知遠 Liú Zhīyuǎn
Wade–Giles: Hou Han Kao-tsu · Liu Chih-yüan
Reigned 947–948 (1 year)
Reigned 1 year (947–948). Died at 54 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Later Han.
Facts
- Reign
- 10 March 947 – 10 March 948 (1st ruler of Later Han)
- Length of reign
- 1 year
- Born
- 4 March 895
- Died
- 10 March 948
- Age at accession
- 53
- Age at death
- 54
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- 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)
- Successor
- Liu Chengyou
- Era names
- 天福 Tiānfú (proclaimed 947)
- 乾祐 Qiányòu (proclaimed 948)
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
- 2
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 2
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 1