Emperor Ling of Han China
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Emperor Ling of Han China, trad. ch. 漢靈帝;, sim. ch. 漢灵帝, py. hàn líng dì, wg. Han Ling-ti, (156-189) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He was a great-great-grandson of Emperor Zhang. The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out during his reign.
Emperor Ling's reign saw yet another repetition of government domination by corrupt eunuchs. This time Zhang Rang and his accomplices succeeded in declaring Ling emperor in 168 AD. Ling was not interested in governmental affairs instead indulged himself in women and a prodigal lifestyle. At the same time corrupt officials levied heavy taxes on the peasants causing public outcries and rebellions.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion that broke out during this period would be suppressed by the Han government but this would cost the dynasty dearly and from hereon, the Han dynasty have all but lost its mandate of heaven to rule.
Emperor Ling died after reigning for 21 years in 189 AD. He was 34.
Personal information
| Family name | Liu (劉 liú) in Chinese |
| Given name | Hong (宏 py. hóng) |
| Era name | Jianning (建寧 py. jìan níng) 168-172Xiping (熹平 py. xī píng) 172-178Zhongping (中平 py. zhōng píng) 184-189 |
| Father | Liu Chang, Marquess of the "Jiedu Pavilion" (ch. 解渎亭侯苌) |
| Mother | consort Dong |
| Wife | 1) empress Song 2) empress He, then Empress Dowager He, sister of He Jin |
| Major concubines | consort Wang |
| Children | 1) crown prince Liu Bian by empress dowager He, then Prince or King of Hongnong (ch. Hongnong wang) after desposed by Dong Zhuo 2) Liu Xie by consort Wang, Prince of Chenliu (ch. Chenliu wang), then Emperor Xian of Han China |
| Duration of reign | 168 to 189 |
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| Posthumous name | 孝靈 (py. xiào zhí), literary meaning: "filial and agile" |
| Posthumous name in short | 靈 (py. líng), literary meaning: "agile" |
| Preceded by: Emperor Huan of Han China |
Eastern Han Dynasty | Succeeded by: King of Hongnong of Han China |