How many emperors were there in Chinese history?

How many emperors have there been in China? Everyone has different opinions. If we only count from Qin Shihuang, there are 2 in the Qin Dynasty, 31 in the Han Dynasty, 11 in the Three Kingdoms, 16 in the Jin Dynasty, 78 in the Five Dynasties and Sixteen Kingdoms, 59 in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, 3 in the Sui Dynasty, and 3 in the Tang Dynasty. 22, 55 in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, 18 in the Song Dynasty, 35 in Jin, Liao and Xixia, 18 in Yuan Dynasty, 16 in Ming Dynasty, 12 in Qing Dynasty, as well as Southern Ming and Northern Yuan, others such as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong Xiuquan and his son, Even Yuan Shikai, who was called Emperor Hongxian for only two months, ranked 408th in total.

But if you add in the kings, dukes, and marquises of the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period before Qin Shihuang, which lasted for 840 years, there will be even more. There are 121 kings in total, and 217 dukes. position, Hou 23rd. If the 60 emperors of the Shang Dynasty and Xia Dynasty before the Zhou Dynasty are also included, there should be 829 emperors in China.

Try to collect a large amount of imperial information from reference books such as The Twenty-Five Histories, and compile a list, including dynasties, titles, years of birth and death, reign years, years of accession to the throne, reign names, etc., and list them in the notes. cause of death. Try to condense the information about these more than 400 emperors in this article.

Although Chinese emperors claim to be emperor and are called long live, there are not many long-lived ones and many short-lived ones. More than half of them are under the age of fifty (those before Qin Shihuang are not included. The rest are about thirty people). The year of death cannot be tested).

Only five people are over 80 years old, namely the longest-lived Emperor Qianlong (88), Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan (85), the only female emperor Wu Zetian (81), Song Gaozong Zhao Gou (80) and King Qian of Wu and Yue in the Five Dynasties (80).

There are ten people over 70 years old, including Kublai Khan (79), Emperor Xuanzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Longji (77), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang (70), Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and Sun Quan, Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms (70).

There are 38 people over 60 years old, including Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che (69), Emperor Kangxi (68), Emperor Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty Genghis Khan (65), Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian (63) and Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang (61 )wait.

There are 60 people over 50 years old, including Emperor Yongzheng (57), Emperor Taizong Li Shimin (50), etc.

There are 55 people aged 40 to 49, including Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng (49), Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin (49), Southern Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu (41), Qing Taizong Huang Taiji (41), etc.

There are 62 people aged 30 to 39, including Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi (39), Emperor Guangxu (37), Emperor Xianfeng (30), etc.

There are 50 people aged 20 to 29, including Qin II who defeated Hu Hai (23), Emperor Shunzhi (23), etc.

There are 28 people aged 10 to 19 years old.

There are 29 baby emperors under the age of ten, including the eight-year-old Han Zhi Emperor Liu Zuan, the six-year-old Yuan Ningzong, and the two-year-old Han Chong Emperor Liu Binghe who was only 100 days old. Liu Long, the Han Dynasty Emperor who ascended the throne but died before his first birthday.

It is impossible for these little emperors who died before they were minors to make a difference. However, some emperors ascended the throne at just a few years old and sat there for decades, and their influence was far-reaching.

The longest reigning emperors were Kangxi (61 years) and Qianlong (60 years).

Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty and Renzong of Xixia were both in the 54th year,

Chongzong of Xixia was in the 53rd year.

There are 11 people who have been in office for more than 40 years,

including Emperor Shengzong of Liao Dynasty (49 years), Emperor Shenzong Wanli of Ming Dynasty (48 years), Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty (47 years), Emperor Shengzong of Liao Dynasty (49 years), Daozong (46 years), Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty (46 years), Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty (45 years), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (44 years), Renzong of the Song Dynasty (41 years), Lizong of the Song Dynasty (40 years), and Liu Bei's sons Adou and Shu The later master Liu Chan (40 years).

There are 19 people who have reigned for more than 30 years,

Including: Qin Shihuang (36 years), Song Gaozong (35 years), Song Huizong (35 years), Tang Gaozong (34 years) , Emperor Guangxu (33 years), Emperor Daoguang (30 years) and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang (30 years), etc.

There are 31 people who have reigned for more than 20 years,

including Song Xiaozong (27 years), Tang Taizong (23 years) and Yuan Taizu Genghis Khan (21 years).

There are 103 people who have reigned for 10 to 20 years,

including Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty (20 years), Emperor Shunzhi (18 years), Emperor Sizong of Ming Dynasty (17 years), Song Taizu (16 years), Wu Zetian (15 years), Emperor Tongzhi (14 years), Emperor Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty (13 years), Emperor Yongzheng (13 years), Taiping Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan (13 years) and Emperor Xianfeng (10 years) wait.

More than 240 emperors have reigned for less than ten years