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Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia

Western Xia · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 4th ruler

西夏崇宗 Xī Xià Chóngzōng李乾順 Lǐ Qiánshùn

Wade–Giles: Hsi Hsia Ch'ung-tsung · Li Ch'ien-shun

Reigned 1086–1139 (52 years)

Reigned 52 years (1086–1139). Died at 56 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 4th ruler of Western Xia.

Facts

Reign
21 August 1086 – 1 July 1139 (4th ruler of Western Xia)
Length of reign
52 years
Born
Unknown
Died
1 July 1139
Age at accession
3
Age at death
56
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
Path to the throne
Succession (circumstances unrecorded)Succeeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the primary sources do not say who decided it (e.g. Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Song)
Era names
  • 天儀治平 Tiānyízhìpíng (proclaimed 1086)
  • 天祐民安 Tiānyòumín'ān (proclaimed 1090)
  • 永安 Yǒng'ān (proclaimed 1098)
  • 貞觀 Zhēnguān (proclaimed 1101)
  • 雍寧 Yōngníng (proclaimed 1114)
  • 元德 Yuándé (proclaimed 1119)
  • 正德 Zhèngdé (proclaimed 1127)
  • 大德 Dàdé (proclaimed 1135)

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
8
General amnesties
2
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
2
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Western Xia

All 10 emperors of Western Xia