Duan Zhengchun

Duan Zhengchun
Duan Zhengchun
Chinese	段正淳
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Duàn Zhèngchún

Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Zhengchun (正淳);
Posthumous name
	Wen'an Emperor (文安皇帝)
Temple name
	Zhongzong (中宗)

Duan Zhengchun
段正淳
Duan Zhengchun; 段正淳
Reign	1096–1108
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Zhengchun (正淳);
Posthumous name
	Wen'an Emperor (文安皇帝)
Temple name
	Zhongzong (中宗)
Dynasty	Dali

Duan Zhengchun (temple name Zhongzong, posthumous name Emperor Wen'an) was the 15th^[1] emperor of the Kingdom of Dali. He reigned from 1096 to 1108. He was the younger brother of Duan Zhengming, and the first ruler of the Later Dali Kingdom.

In 1094, Duan Zhengming was forced by Gao Shengtai to abdicate and become a monk. Gao then crowned himself emperor. However, after two years of reign, Gao Shengtai died in 1096 and made a will to return the throne to the Duan family. Duan Zhengchun ascended to the throne in 1096.

Duan Zhengchun abdicated and became a monk in 1108. He was succeeded by his son Duan Yu.

In fiction

Duan Zhengchun is fictionalised as one of the key supporting characters in the wuxia novel [zh] Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Louis Cha.

Notes

^ If Gao Shengtai's reign is taken into consideration, Duan Zhengchun would have been the 16th emperor. See [1].

[1] If Gao Shengtai's reign is taken into consideration, Duan Zhengchun would have been the 16th emperor. See [1].

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