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Duan Zhengyan

Type Figure Region China Time c. 1081–1176 Also known as Duan Heyu、Duan Zhengyan、Xianzong of Dali

Duan Zhengyan (c. 1081 – after 1147), also known as Duan Heyu, of the Bai people, sixteenth emperor of the Dali Kingdom, temple name Xianzong.…

Timeline

  1. 1121–1122Yangjumi City (Dali) · DaliIn the middle of Duan Zhengyan's reign he ended the Wenzhi era name and in 1122 changed to Jiayong. This was on the eve of the Jingkang Incident of the Northern Song; the Dali Kingdom still maintained relatively stable domestic affairs, and the joint governance of the Duan and Gao clans continued.
  2. 1115–1127Dali, Song border · DaliDuring Duan Zhengyan's reign he repeatedly sent envoys to pay tribute to Song; during the Zhenghe era he was invested by Emperor Huizong of Song as Grand Master of Glorious Happiness, Acting Director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, Military Commissioner of Yunnan, First-Rank Pillar of State, and King of Dali. After the Jingkang Incident the Song court moved south, and relations between Dali and Song gradually grew distant.
  3. 1122–1130Yangjumi City · DaliDuring the Jiayong era (1122–1128) Duan Zhengyan was diligent in governance, caring for the people and employing the worthy; in 1129 he changed the era name to Baotian. During this period Gao clan chancellors Gao Mingshun and Gao Shunzhen successively held power, and Duan princes coexisted with Gao clan forces, sowing the seeds of later succession disputes.

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