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Wu Shifan

Zhou (Wu Sangui) · Qing · 2nd ruler

周洪化帝 Zhōu Hónghuàdì吳世璠 Wú Shìfán

Wade–Giles: Chou Hung-hua-ti · Wu Shih-fan

Reigned 1678–1681 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (1678–1681). Died by suicide at 16 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Zhou (Wu Sangui).

Facts

Reign
1678 – 7 December 1681 (2nd ruler of Zhou (Wu Sangui))
Length of reign
3 years
Born
1666
Died
7 December 1681
Age at accession
13
Age at death
16
Cause of death
Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
Path to the throne
Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
Predecessor
Wu Sangui
Era names
  • 洪化 Hónghuà (proclaimed 1678)

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
1
Capital relocations
2