Liu Chengyou
Later Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 2nd ruler
後漢隱帝 Hòu Hàn Yǐndì劉承祐 Liú Chéngyòu
Wade–Giles: Hou Han Yin-ti · Liu Ch'eng-yu
Reigned 948–951 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (948–951). Assassinated at 20 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Later Han.
Facts
- Reign
- 14 March 948 – 2 January 951 (2nd ruler of Later Han)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- 28 March 931
- Died
- 2 January 951
- Age at accession
- 18
- Age at death
- 20
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
- Predecessor
- Liu Zhiyuan
- Successor
- Guo Wei
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
- 0
- General amnesties
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 4
- Rebellions faced
- 6
- Capital relocations
- 0