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Emperor Huizong of Western Xia

Western Xia · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 3rd ruler

西夏惠宗 Xī Xià Huìzōng李秉常 Lǐ Bǐngcháng

Wade–Giles: Hsi Hsia Hui-tsung · Li Ping-ch'ang

Reigned 1068–1086 (18 years)

Reigned 18 years (1068–1086). Died at 26 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 3rd ruler of Western Xia.

Facts

Reign
27 January 1068 – 21 August 1086 (3rd ruler of Western Xia)
Length of reign
18 years
Born
Unknown
Died
21 August 1086
Age at accession
7
Age at death
26
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
  • 乾道 Qiándào (proclaimed 1068)
  • 天賜禮盛國慶 Tiāncìlǐshèngguóqìng (proclaimed 1070)
  • 大安 Dà'ān (proclaimed 1075)
  • 天安禮定 Tiān'ānlǐdìng (proclaimed 1086)

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
4
General amnesties
0
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Western Xia

All 10 emperors of Western Xia