Ruler · 937 – 978
Li Yu
Lived 937 – 978; ruler, poet, writer. Emperor of China of Southern Tang, 961 – 976; also in the line of Chinese Empire.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 937 – 978
- 41 years
- In office
- 15 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 2
- states
- Left it
- killed
- the ruler's own article
Emperor of China
Southern Tang · the 3rd of 3 dated reigns · 937 – 976
Reigned 961 – 976 · 15 years · came to it aged 24
- Came to it
- the child of the ruler before, on record
- Left it
- killedread from the ruler's own article
the article also: executed
He was poisoned by the Song emperor Taizong in 978, after he had written a poem that, in a veiled manner, lamented the destruction of his empire and the rape of his second wife Empress Zhou the Younger by the Song emperor.
Also in the line of Chinese Empire (306th of 395).
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