Duan Yu

Duan Yu
Duan Yu
Traditional Chinese	段譽
Simplified Chinese	段誉
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Duàn Yù

Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Yu (譽);
Posthumous name
	Xuanren Emperor (宣仁帝)
Temple name
	Xianzong (憲宗)

Duan Yu
Duan Yu
Reign	1108–1147
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Yu (譽);
Posthumous name
	Xuanren Emperor (宣仁帝)
Temple name
	Xianzong (憲宗)
Dynasty	Dali

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Duan Yu, courtesy name Heyu, temple name Xianzong, posthumous name Xuanren, was the 16th^[1] emperor of the Kingdom of Dali between 1108 and 1147. Following a family tradition, Duan's father, Duan Zhengchun, abdicated and became a monk in 1108. Duan succeeded his father as the emperor of Dali and renamed himself Duan Zhengyan. He abdicated and became a monk in 1147 and was succeeded by his son Duan Zhengxing.

In fiction

Duan Yu is fictionalised as one of the protagonists in the wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Louis Cha.

Notes

^ If Gao Shengtai's reign is taken into consideration, Duan Yu would have been the 17th emperor. See [1].

[1] If Gao Shengtai's reign is taken into consideration, Duan Yu would have been the 17th emperor. See [1].

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