Zhang Xianzhong
Xi · Ming · 1st ruler
大西大順帝 Dà Xī Dàshùndì張獻忠 Zhāng Xiànzhōng
Wade–Giles: Ta Hsi Ta-shun-ti · Chang Hsien-chung
Reigned 1644–1647 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (1644–1647). Killed in battle at 42 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Xi.
Facts
- Reign
- 4 December 1644 – 2 January 1647 (1st ruler of Xi)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- 18 September 1606
- Died
- 2 January 1647
- Age at accession
- 39
- Age at death
- 42
- Cause of death
- Killed in battleDied in combat, whether on campaign, in defense or while suppressing a revolt
- 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
- 大順 Dàshùn (proclaimed 1644)
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
- 0