Emperor Shang of Han

Emperor Shang of Han
漢殤帝
Emperor of the Han dynasty
Reign13 February[1] – 21 September,[2] 106
PredecessorEmperor He
SuccessorEmperor An
Bornlate October or early November 105
Died21 September 106 (aged <1 year)
Names
Liu Long (劉隆)
Era dates
Yanping (延平; 106)
Posthumous name
  • Short: Emperor Shang (殤帝)
  • Full: Xiaoshang (孝殤)
HouseHouse of Liu
FatherEmperor He
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Emperor Shang of Han (Chinese: 漢殤帝; pinyin: Hàn Shāngdì; Wade–Giles: Han Shang-ti; late October or early November 105 – 21 September 106) was an infant emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty and the fifth emperor of the Eastern Han.[3]

Born Liu Long, the infant was placed on the throne by the Empress Dowager Deng Sui when he was barely 100 days old, despite him having an older brother, Liu Sheng (劉勝).

Empress Dowager Deng also kept Liu Hu (劉祜) – the twelve-year-old cousin of the young emperor and future Emperor An of Han – in the capital Luoyang as insurance against the emperor's death. Liu Hu ascended to the throne when Emperor Shang died in September 106; however, Dowager Deng still remained as the regent for the teenager Emperor An. A decree by Empress Dowager Deng during this reign shed light on bureaucratic inefficiency.

  1. ^ xinwei day of the 12th month of the 1st year of the Yuan'xing era, per Emperor Shang's biography in Book of the Later Han
  2. ^ xinhai day of the 8th month of the 1st year of the Yan'ping era, per Emperor Shang's biography in Book of the Later Han
  3. ^ de Crespigny, Rafe (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). BRILL. p. 531. ISBN 9789047411840.