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); Dharma name: Xiukong (修空);
Era dates
	Tianshou (天授): 1096; Mingkai (明開): 1097–1103; Tianzheng (天政): 1103–1104; Wen'an (文安): 1104–1108
Posthumous name
	Emperor Wen'an (文安皇帝)
Temple name
	Zhongzong (中宗)

Emperor Zhongzong of Dali
大理中宗
Emperor Zhongzong of Dali; 大理中宗
Emperor of Dali
Reign	1096–1108
Predecessor	Gao Shengtai (of Dazhong)
Successor	Duan Heyu
Regent	Gao Taiming (高泰明)
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Zhengchun (正淳); Dharma name: Xiukong (修空);
Era dates
	Tianshou (天授): 1096; Mingkai (明開): 1097–1103; Tianzheng (天政): 1103–1104; Wen'an (文安): 1104–1108
Posthumous name
	Emperor Wen'an (文安皇帝)
Temple name
	Zhongzong (中宗)
Dynasty	Dali

Duan Zhengchun, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Zhongzong of Dali, was the 15th^[1] emperor of the Dali Kingdom. 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].

Preceded by Gao Shengtai of Dazhong	Emperor of Dali 1096 AD–1108 AD	Succeeded by Duan Heyu of Dali

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

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