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A comprehensive list of rulers of Tianchao, from the semi-legendary era to modern times. Pretender rulers/dynasties are included among them.
Rulers before the Qiang dynasty were titled various ways:
- The rulers of the semi-legendary dynasties, Lang, Tong, Cong, and Chi dynasties were titled "Qiu (酋/chief)."
- These "dynasties" were really tribal chiefdoms that existed mostly contemporaneously rather than the proper dynasties that characterized the majority of Tianchao's history.
- Rulers during the Predynastic era dynasties, Ying, Re, Gao, Mo, and early Qiang, were titled "Wang (王/King)."
- The former three are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved during the early stages of the Mo dynasty.
- Rulers since the founding of the imperial Qiang dynasty are titled "Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor)."
- Rulers of the Khitan-ruled Lin dynasty were also titled "Khan."
Lang dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Lifetime | Reign | ||
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Lang Zhangzi 狼長子 |
Lingdui 領隊 |
Qiu Zun 狼尊酋 |
[…]–[…]TJQ |
Tong dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Lifetime | Reign | ||
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[…]–[…]TJQ |
Cong dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Lifetime | Reign | ||
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[…]–[…]TJQ |
Chi dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Lifetime | Reign | ||
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[…]–[…]TJQ |
Ying dynasty
The Ying dynasty is the namesake of the Yinghui people, and in turn the more ethnic names of the empire, Yingbang (穎邦)/Yingyu (穎宇).
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Su Longqiu 素龍虬 |
Wang Jin 穎金王 |
1371–[…]TJQ | ||||||
[…]–1038TJQ |
Re dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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1038–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
[…]–953TJQ |
Gao dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Chajing Han 茶晶汗 |
Shangsheng 上升 |
Wang Cuiruo 皋脆弱王 |
Xinjian 新建 |
954–[…]TJQ | ||||
[…]–713TJQ |
Mo dynasty
The Mo dynasty was the longest-enduring dynasty in Tianzu history.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Xi Gaoming 觋高明 |
Laoji 僚機 |
Wang Shanmei 魔善媚王 |
Xinjian 新建 |
733–[…]TJQ | ||||
The founder of the Mo dynasty, Wang Shenmei was a powerful magician, one of the most powerful of the age. Brought order to a nation torn by twenty years of civil war between squabbling kingdoms following the collapse of the Gao dynasty. | ||||||||
Xi Ying 觋英 |
Qiaochu 翹楚 |
Wang Jin 魔金王 |
[…]–[…]TJQ | |||||
Son of Wang Shanmei, Wang Jin carved the Imperial Seal out of a magical piece of jade found atop a mountain during his tour of the realm. | ||||||||
Xi Yan 觋儼 |
Zhuhong 硃紅 |
Wang Guizu 魔貴族王 |
[…]–[…]TJQ | |||||
Proper centralization of authority was achieved under his rule. | ||||||||
Summer & Winter Period | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
Warring States Period | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
Xi Zhu 觋珠 |
Yaoren 妖人 |
Wang Fenghuang 魔鳳凰王 |
[…]–11TJQ | |||||
The last ruler of the Mo dynasty. Under his rule, the Mo dynasty finally collapsed, just around the same time Ji Zhugong, the future Huangdi Chuangjian, came to power in the Kingdom of Qiang. |
Qiang dynasty
The first imperial dynasty of Tianchao.
The Kingdom of Qiang was originally founded as a vassal of the Mo dynasty until it rose to dominance during the Warring States Period.
Rulers of the Kingdom of Qiang before Huangdi Chuangjian established the imperial period were titled "Wang," and the ruling family before him was the "Zhi (治)" clan.
During the Qiang dynasty's reign the empire was referred to as "Tianchao (天朝)" for diplomatic purposes, but with the dynasty's end the name fell out of use until the Zhai dynasty officially adopted it by law.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
Summer & Winter Period | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
Warring States Period | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJQ | ||||||||
Zhi Tong 治童 |
Chunan 處男 |
n/a | n/a | […]–11TJQ | ||||
The last ruler of the Kingdom of Qiang from the Zhi clan. | ||||||||
Imperial Period | ||||||||
Ji Zheng 機政 |
Zhugong 主公 |
Huangdi Chuangjian 強創見帝 |
Kaiguo 開國 |
31TJQ–32TJH | 63yrs | (as Wang) 11TJQ–0TJH (as Huangdi) |
11yrs | |
Ji Zhugong used the title "Wang" from the time he usurped control of the Kingdom of Qiang from the Zhi clan until he established the Qiang dynasty, beginning the Classical Period of the Imperial Period.
He came to power around the same time the Mo dynasty finally collapsed. As the founder of the imperial period, from then on using the title of "Huangdi," Huangdi Chuangjian is also known to history as Qiang Shou Di (強首帝). The year of his ascension to Huangdi is the basis of the Luan calendar, though it wasn't adopted until the Chang dynasty. | ||||||||
Ji Mei 機美 |
Mingmei 明媚 |
Huangdi Ziyuan 強資源帝 |
Yongpi 永辟 |
7TJQ–80TJH | 87yrs | 32–80TJH | 48yrs | |
The second ruler of the imperial Qiang dynasty, Huangdi Ziyuan was Huangdi Chuangjian's third child and only daughter.
As she outlived her two elder brothers, both of whom died of natural-yet-unknown causes just months before Huangdi Chuangjian's death, most saw it as a sign that she was her father's true successor. Thus she was enthroned as the first female ruler of Tianchao. One of only a handful of recognized female rulers of a unified period (aside for the Niang dynasty, which was ruled entirely by women), Huangdi Ziyuan was the longest-serving ruler of the Qiang dynasty. | ||||||||
Ji Hanhu 機含糊 |
Youxiao 幼小 |
Huangdi Bukong 強不控帝 |
n/a | 33–87TJH | 54yrs | 80–87TJH | 7yrs | |
Fourth son of Huangdi Ziyuan out of her ten children.
After his mother ascended the throne, he superseded his elder siblings to the throne by eliminating the competition through assassinations made to look like accidents or simple disappearances. So desperate he was for the throne that he did the same with any relative felt threatened by, including his cousins, younger siblings, and even his own children. He did so over the course of Huangdi Ziyuan's entire reign, and was so meticulously thorough that his mother never even suspected his involvement. He ascended the throne himself following the death of Huangdi Ziyuan. His brief seven-year reign is characterized as tyrannically cruel and oppressive, leading to his own assassination at the hands of his own palace staff. | ||||||||
Ji Kong 機空 |
Huisheng 迴聲 |
Huangdi Chuantong 強傳統帝 |
Zuihou 最後 |
72–100TJH | 28yrs | 87–100TJH | 13yrs | |
The last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty, he was the youngest son of Huangdi Bukong, and the only one to survive to adulthood, including his father's purge of potential threats to his accession. He was placed on the throne at the age of fifteen following the assassination of Huangdi Bukong.
Though huangdi in name, Huangdi Chuantong was little more than a puppet ruler for a regent and the palace officials, whom were still reeling from the tyrannical reign of Huangdi Bukong. However, without the huangdi exercising any central authority, along with the regent's incompetence, the government quickly descended into corruption, hastening the downfall of the Qiang dynasty. After thirteen miserable years on the throne, Huangdi Chuantong took his own life without naming an heir. Childless, and with most of the imperial relatives eligible for the throne either scattered or dead since the reign of Huangdi Bukong, the Qiang dynasty ended with him. |
Fan dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Kan Yang 看楊 |
Caozong 操縱 |
Huangdi Cui 飯粹帝 |
n/a | 69–151TJH | 82yrs | 103–141TJH | 38yrs | |
Sole huangdi of the Fan dynasty.
A minor official during the last years of the reign of Huangdi Chuantong, the last huangdi of the Qiang dynasty, he came to power in a political coup after a three-year interregnum following the suicide of Huangdi Chuantong. Although Huangdi Cui managed to stay in power for almost four decades, he was an inefficient ruler who failed at every meaningful thing he did as huangdi, and nothing he did improved the lives of the people. His bad rulership eventually led to his and his own dynasty's overthrow, to be replaced by the Chang dynasty following a three-year rebellion/civil war known to history as the Fan–Chang Contention (飯–昌爭辯/Fan–Chang Zhengbian). He was spared following his defeat and allowed to abdicate, but spent the remainder of his life in self-imposed exile. Despite his bad rule, Huangdi Cui was still recognized for bringing some order out of the collapse of the Qiang dynasty and given a posthumous name upon his death, but not a temple name. |
Chang dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Fa Mao 發猫 |
Shangren 聖人 |
Huangdi Haohan 昌好漢帝 |
Fuxing 復興 |
138–[…]TJH | ||||
First huangdi of the Chang dynasty, Huangdi Haoban came to power after overthrowing the Fan dynasty in a rebellion/civil war, known to history as the Fan–Chang Contention. He began to process of revitalizing the empire following more than half a century of bad rule. | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
The Luan calendar was adopted during his reign. | ||||||||
[…]–346TJH |
Can dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Fa Tao 發陶 |
n/a | n/a | 296–302TJH | 6yrs |
Hua dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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346–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–428TJH |
Yue dynasty
The first faun-ruled dynasty, and the first non-human ruled dynasty of the Imperial Period
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Huangdi Kongyo 悦控唷帝 |
Yaozu 耀祖 |
427–[…]TJH | ||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
Qingse Zai 青色崽 |
Zhuanglie 壯烈 |
Huangdi Yan 悦儼帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||
Qingse Ding 青色丁 |
Nande 難得 |
Huangdi Juexin 悦決心帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||
Came to power following a palace coup to depose Huang-Taihou San; personal name: Huyu Ying (冴羽瑩); styled: Qixin (琪心), the fourth and final wife of Huangdi Yan before his death, whom had instigated a blood feud between himself and his brothers in an attempt to secure the throne for herself. | ||||||||
Huangdi Jiaoyong 悦教涌帝 |
[…]–727TJH |
Jing dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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715–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–1032TJH |
Shu dynasty
The only gargoyle-ruled dynasty.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Shan Ding 善定 |
Yeyi 夜翼 |
Huangdi Xinjing 樹心經帝 |
Dazu 大祖 |
1006–1109TJH | 103yrs | 1032–1087TJH | 55yrs | |
Shan Shao 善少 |
Youzhu 幼主 |
Huangdi Xinruan 樹心軟帝 |
Zhepi 哲辟 |
1031–1119TJH | 88yrs | 1087–1119TJH | 32yrs | |
The second and last huangdi of the Shu dynasty. He died suddenly without naming an heir, leaving his children and relatives to fight a bloodbath to succeed him. |
Zhai dynasty
Under the Zhai dynasty, the name "Tianchao" came into use as the official name of the empire, though the dynasty name was still commonly used to refer to the empire, even after the dynasty ended.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Wei Rang 威讓 |
Yingxiong 英雄 |
Huangdi Tongyi 斎統一帝 |
Dazu 大祖 |
1120–[…]TJH | ||||
The first huangdi fo the Zhai dynasty. Came to power through a coup d'état – referred to in history as the Xinnian Coup (新年政變/Xinnian Zhengbian/New Year's Coup) because it took place during New Year's – to fill the power vacuum left by the death of the Huangdi Xinruan six months prior. | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
Huangdi Tang 斎糖帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
Huangdi Rao 斎繞帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||||
Wei Dao 威掉 |
Miyao 密鑰 |
Huangdi Qingsong 斎輕鬆帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||
Son of Huangdi Rao and Huanghuo Mingyuan. | ||||||||
Wei Sui 威歲 |
Huangdi Zhamen 斎閘門帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Wei Anzi 威安子 |
Chunjie 純潔 |
Huangdi Ang 斎昂帝 |
Zuihou 最後 |
1496–1558TJH | 62yrs | 1503–1539TJH | 36yrs | |
Last huangdi of the Zhai dynasty.
Enthroned at the age of seven as a puppet ruler for the tyrannical Huai Gui, Chengxiang of Zhai until his assassination, Huangdi Ang's reign saw the complete deterioration of central Zhai rule into the hands of regional warlords. Under the thumb of Chengxiang Kong Song for most of his reign, he was forced to abdicate to Kong Hao, Kong Song's son and successor, ending the Zhai dynasty and beginning the Four Kingdoms period. |
Fei dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Lin Lin 霖林 |
Reqing 熱情 |
Huangdi Liang 匪亮帝 |
n/a | 1519–1524TJH | 5yrs | |||
Lin Lin was a female ruler, one of only a handful recognized in Tianzu history.
Originally an outlaw and bandit leader, Lin Lin waged war against the Zhai dynasty itself and all its lords during the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty. She used the suffering of the people caused by the recent famine and the chaos of the conflict between the regional warlords to justify her campaign, taking advantage of the chaos of the civil wars to better herself and the people. She stole the Imperial Seal from the Imperial Palace when she led her bandit army to invade and sack the capital, and used her "acquisition" of it as justification for declaring herself huangdi of a new dynasty. She vanished following her final defeat; whether she escaped and went into hiding or died in battle was never known. |
Huang dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Xin Zhujiao 信主教 |
Jiaohuang 教皇 |
Huangdi Jiuzhu 黃救主帝 |
n/a | 1530–1532TJH | 1yr, 6mo |
Dian dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
San Yinghao 傘英豪 |
Lijie 禮節 |
Huangdi Jingling 靛精靈帝 |
n/a | 1535–1537TJH | 2yrs |
- The Fei, Huang, and Dian dynasties were self-proclaimed during the period of chaos and civil war in the final decades of the Zhai dynasty, but were unrecognized and overthrown rather quickly.
Four Kingdoms
Northern Gan
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Kong Song 恐誦 |
Zhengke 政客 |
Huangdi Meng 感猛帝 |
Yaozu 耀祖 |
[…]–1539TJH | […]–1539TJH | n/a | ||
Chengxiang of Zhai dynasty during the final years of the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty. Father of Kong Hao/Huangdi Gengxin, the first huangdi of Gan kingdom. Did not rule as huangdi, though he was de facto ruler of Zhai during his tenure as chengxiang, but was posthumously promoted to huangdi by huangdi Gengxin. | ||||||||
Kong Hao 恐好 |
Youya 幽雅 |
Huangdi Gengxin 感更新帝 |
n/a | 1539–[…]TJH | ||||
Huangdi Gengxin was the last chengxiang of the Zhai dynasty under Huangdi Ang, the last ruler of the Zhai dynasty.
Son of Kong Song, he took over from his father as chengxiang of the Zhai dynasty. Less than three months following Kong Song's death, he forced Huangdi Ang to abdicate to him, ending the Zhai dynasty, | ||||||||
Kong Dong 恐懂 |
n/a | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
n/a | […]–[…]TJH | |||||||
n/a | […]–[…]TJH | |||||||
Kong Eran 恐愕然 |
n/a | n/a | […]–1581TJH |
Yong Zhai
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Wei San 威散 |
Sangjian 桑劍 |
Huangdi Qianbei 永斎謙卑帝 |
n/a | 1539–[…]TJH | ||||
Scion of the imperial family of the Zhai dynasty. | ||||||||
Wei Fu 威散 |
Longta 龍獺 |
Huangdi Heshan 永斎和善帝 |
n/a | […]–1574TJH | ||||
Second son of Huangdi Qianbei.
He abdicated following a massive defeat by the armies of Gan kingdom, and spend the remainder of his life in solitude. |
Xue Lu
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Xue Tai 學鈦 |
n/a | n/a | 1540–[…]TJH | |||||
Xue Han 學含 |
n/a | n/a | […]–1588TJH | |||||
Son of Xue Tai. Willingly abdicated to the Quan dynasty rather than risk a substantial loss of life. |
Western Zan
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Chan Kan 纏看 |
Yingxiong 英雄 |
Huangdi Ge 攢鴿帝 |
Dazu 大祖 |
n/a | n/a | |||
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Father of Chan Ming and Chan Yue, the first huangdi of Zan. Did not rule as huangdi but was posthumously promoted to huangdi by Chan Yue. | ||||||||
Chan Ming 纏名 |
Nujie 女傑 |
Huangdi Tian 攢甜帝 |
n/a | n/a | ||||
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Daughter of Chan Kan, and elder sister of Chan Yue, the first huangdi of Zan. Did not rule as huangdi but was posthumously promoted to huangdi by her brother. | ||||||||
Chan Yue 纏越 |
Huangdi Jinyue 攢勁樂帝 |
1546–[…]TJH | ||||||
Warlord of the Wars at the End of the Zhai dynasty. Son of Chan Kan and younger brother of Chan Ming, father and daughter successive warlords of the Chan clan during the Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty. | ||||||||
Chan Miqi 纏米奇 |
Huangdi Chiqi 攢池崎帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Daughter of Chan Yue, and the only female ruler of the Four Kingdoms Period. | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
Chan Jieji 纏傑基 |
Huangdi Haolong 攢好龍帝 |
[…]–1589TJH |
Quan dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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She Jian 蛇檢 |
Piaobo 漂泊 |
Huangdi Huanyuan 圈還原帝 |
Dazu 大祖 |
n/a | ||||
Grandfather of She Rui/Huangdi Shanyu. Chengxiang of Gan Kingdom for the majority of its tenure during the Four Kingdoms. Posthumously promoted to huangdi by Huangdi Shanyu in 1595TJH. | ||||||||
She Rui 蛇瑞 |
Huangdi Shanyu 圈善于帝 |
1587–[…]TJH | ||||||
First Huangdi of the Quan dynasty. At first Chengxiang of Gan kingdom under the last two rulers, he came to power when he forced Huangdi Kong Eran to abdicate to him. | ||||||||
[…]–1742TJH |
Hei dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Sa Tang 薩瑭 |
Mushu 木薯 |
Huangdi Mashu 黑馬術帝 |
1711–1787TJH | 76yrs | 1746–1766TJH | 20yrs | ||
Sole ruler of the Hei dynasty.
A centaur of noble birth, he brought order to Tianchao when he replaced the Quan dynasty following a three-year interregnum and war of succession within the imperial She clan that followed the death of the Quan dynasty's last huangdi. Seventeen years later, Huang Wanjian (later known as Huangdi Qishi of the Hun dynasty) led a coup against him to force him to abdicate, but Huangdi Mashu, placed under house arrest, resisted for three years until he was left with no recourse but to abdicate, ending the short-lived Hei dynasty. |
Hun dynasty
The Hun dynasty was the only vampire-ruled dynasty to rule a unified Tianchao.
Under the Hun dynasty, vampires achieved a lot more freedom and rights than they used to have, to the point that they almost eclipsed other races.
Also, being of a race with great longevity (usually), the huangdi of the Hun dynasty would traditionally abdicate after between twenty-five to forty years on the throne.
Enduring for 562 years – the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era dynasties – the Hun dynasty was the last dynasty of the Classical Imperial Era.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Huang Wanjian 衁晚間 |
Anying 暗影 |
Huangdi Qishi 昏騎士帝 |
Yongzu 永祖 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 1763–[…]TJH | |||
First huangdi of the Hun dynasty. Before becoming huangdi, he was a government official in the last years of the Quan dynasty and throughout the Hei dynasty.
Partially inspired by Huangdi Mashu's victory, partially because he believed a centaur was unworthy of the Mandate of Heaven, he led a coup of the imperial palace to force Huangdi Mashu to abdicate to him, but Huangdi Mashu resisted. And so, rather than kill Huangdi Mashu, Huangdi Qishi placed him under house arrest, took control of the government, and declared himself huangdi fo the Hun dynasty. Huangdi Qishi pressed Huangdi Mashu for his abdication for three years until he finally broke him and convinced him to abdicate, ending the Hei dynasty. | ||||||||
The first huangdi part of the power struggle known as the Six Years and Ten Emperors, which precipitated the Crisis of the Twentieth Century. | ||||||||
The last huangdi part of the power struggle known as the Six Years and Ten Emperors, which precipitated the Crisis of the Twentieth Century. | ||||||||
Huang Liang 衁亮 |
Yingjie 影傑 |
Huangdi Lucao 昏綠草帝 |
Zuihou 最後 |
[…]–2289TJH | […]–2289TJH |
Jian dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tang […] 瑭[…] |
n/a | 1941–[…]TJH | ||||||
Tang […] 瑭[…] |
n/a | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Tang […] 瑭[…] |
n/a | n/a | […]–1997TJH |
Zhao dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Yan Tang 眼糖 |
Manyan 滿眼 |
n/a | n/a | 1838–1991TJH | 153yrs | 1944–1991TJH | 47yrs | |
The sole ruler of the breakaway Zhao dynasty.
He was a well-accomplished but unacknowledged general of the Hun dynasty. Declared independence of the land he was given to govern as both revenge and to grab some much-craved glory for himself. Fought against the Hun dynasty to maintain his self-declared empire until he was slain in battle. His slayer was Wangzi Tao of Souchuan (藪川逃王子/Souchuan Tao Wangzi), a wangzi (prince) of the Hun dynasty, personal name Huang Chuang (衁窗); styled Jingzi (鏡子). Wangzi Tao was glorified in history as the slayer of a rouge general, but was demonized by Yan Tang's followers. |
Kai dynasty
The Kai dynasty was the first dynasty of the Medieval Imperial Era.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Dynasty Proper | ||||||||
Tai Moshui 泰墨水 |
Dafang 大方 |
Huangdi Wan 愷玩帝 |
Bianjian 變建 |
2288–[…]TJH | ||||
Huangdi Songhan 愷嵩涵帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | |||||||
Tai Bing 泰兵 |
Bangshou 幫手 |
Huangdi Ju 愷句帝 |
[…]–2590TJH | |||||
Mentally stunted, he was dominated by regents for the entirety of his reign.
Throughout his tenure, there was constant internecine fighting between regents, imperial wangzi (his siblings, uncles, cousins), and his wife Huanghou Mihan Keyi (米晗可以皇後) for the right to control him (and therefore the imperial administration), causing great suffering for the people and greatly undermining the stability of the Kai regime, culminating in a conflict known as the War of the Twelve Princes (2154–2167AFZ/2575–2588TJH). Most historians believe and agree that Mihan Keyi provoked the wars between the twelve wangzi in a vain, foolish, and ill-fated attempt to establish supreme hegemony over the realm from behind the throne, or perhaps even usurp the throne herself. | ||||||||
Tai Yan 泰眼 |
Huakong 花控 |
Huangdi Yong 愷永帝 |
2590–[…]TJH | |||||
Youngest brother of Huangdi Ju. Vastly more intelligent than his predecessor, he attempted to exercise some central authority to initiate reforms to restore the empire, but the regent and de facto winner of the War of the Twelve Princes, Tai Zize, kept him from exercising any real power. | ||||||||
Twenty Kingdoms Period | ||||||||
Huangdi who ruled the Kai dynasty during the Twenty Kingdoms period, a time when, in the aftermath of the War of the Twelve Princes, political order of what was then western and northern Tianchao splintered into a series of short-lived sovereign states while the Kai dynasty, whose power continued to wane, continued to rule most of central and eastern Zhongyuan. | ||||||||
Huangdi Dang 愷黨帝 |
[…]–2734TJH |
Pretenders
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Name(s) | ||
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War of the Twelve Princes | ||||||||
Pretenders who declared themselves Huangdi amidst the War of the Twelve Princes during the reign of Huangdi Ju. | ||||||||
Tai Han 泰喊 |
Gongtai 攻台 |
n/a | n/a | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Nanzhou Yuji Wangzi (南粥預計王子/Prince Yuji of Nanzhou). Uncle of Huangdi Ju. Executed for treason. | ||||||||
Tai Song 泰送 |
Jiatang 加糖 |
n/a | n/a | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Jiongxiao Tinan Wangzi (囧校題難王子/Prince Tinan of Jiongxiao). First cousin, once removed of Huangdi Ju. Commited suicide following final defeat. |
Twenty Kingdoms
Central, Western & Northern Dynasties
Western dynasties
Sai
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2736–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2816TJH |
Northern Sai
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2816–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2872TJH |
Southern Sai
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2815–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2900TJH |
Rao
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2872–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2911TJH |
Chao
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2911–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2930TJH |
Fang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2900–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2935TJH |
Central dynasties
Central Tan
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2734–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2790TJH |
Western Tan
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2790–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2912TJH |
Eastern Tan
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2790–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2920TJH |
Ling
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2920–2927TJH | 7yrs | |||||||
2927–2930TJH | 3yrs |
Kang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2912–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2938TJH |
Northern dynasties
Mang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2735–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2809TJH |
Wang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2809–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2905TJH |
Jiu
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2809–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | ||||||||
[…]–2864TJH |
Wa
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2864–2868TJH | 4yrs | |||||||
2868–2894TJH | 26yrs | |||||||
2894–2900TJH | 6yrs | |||||||
2900–2904TJH | 4yrs |
Ying
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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2905–2920TJH | 15yrs | |||||||
2920–2940TJH | 10yrs |
Zan dynasty
The first unity period dynasty since the Kai dynsty and the ruling family was the first non-Yinghui ethnic group to rule a unified Tianchao, the Tonglu in this case.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Yang Soutu 杨藪土 |
Xianqu 先驅 |
Huangdi Zhaoze 簪沼澤帝 |
Kaijian 凱建 |
2875–2952TJH | 57yrs | 2940–2950TJH | 10yrs | |
Brought order back to Tianchao through the reunification of the empire out of the dark age of the Central, Western & Northern Dynasties. Abdicated after ten years so that his eldest son could rule and sought to spend the rest of his life in retirement.
Huangdi Zhaoze died of poisoning by Hunagdi Qipian at the same time as as Huangdi Jinglao did. | ||||||||
Yang Wangxiao 杨旺销 |
Bangshou 幫手 |
Huangdi Jinglao 簪敬老帝 |
2918–2952 | 34yrs | 2950–2952TJH | 2yrs | ||
Eldest son of Huangdi Zhaoze, whom abdicated so he could rule. Died of poisoning by his own brother, along with his father, after only two years on the throne. | ||||||||
Yang Danyao 杨弹药 |
Yajun 亞軍 |
Huangdi Qipian 簪欺騙帝 |
2919–2973 | 44yrs | 2952–2973TJH | 21yrs | ||
Younger brother of Huangdi Jinglao, coming to power by usurpation after poisoning his brother and father. An utterly corrupt, selfish and tyrannical ruler, the policies of his two-decade reign led to financial ruin and began the downfall of the Zan dynasty. Midway through his reign he put down a rebellion and civil war to remove him from power.
Died of a plague that swept through the empire and claimed the lives of half a million people near the end of his reign, an event seen by sages of the time and historians as harsh divine retribution. | ||||||||
Yang Wajiao 杨挖教 |
Jianbing 尖兵 |
Huangdi Caoze 簪草澤帝 |
Zuihou 最後 |
2951–2986TJH | 35yrs | 2973–2986TJH | 13yrs | |
Son of Huangdi Jinglao, and the last ruler of the Zan dynasty. He spent the entirety of his uncle's reign in hiding, only coming out again to take the throne following Huangdi Qipian's death.
When he took the throne, his empire attempted to recover, both financially and culturally, from the tyrannical reign of his uncle and the plague near the end of the latter's reign, but did not have the chance to properly do so. His reign saw the conquest of Tianchao by the Qiu dynasty of the Xiyi people, for which it was unprepared but still managed to resist for ten years. |
Claimants
Individuals who claimed the imperial title while fighting the civil war to remove Huangdi Qipian from power
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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[…]–[…]TJH |
Qiu dynasty
The imperial family of the Qiu dynasty originated from the island of the same name and was of the Xiyi (爬蟲) people, and was the second non-Yinghui ethnic group to rule a unified Tianchao. Before this period, the island of Qiu was not yet under the sovereignty of Tianchao.
Additionally, while the dwarven invention of black power had been available for various actions across Marlakcor for centuries, the Qiu dynasty was the first time in Tianzu history it had been utilized as a weapon of war.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Rong Ci 蠑刺 |
Huoyan 火焰 |
Huangdi Pachong 虯爬蟲帝 |
Dazu 大祖 |
[…]–2984TJH | 2976–2984TJH | 8yrs | ||
The founder of the Qiu dynasty.
The same year he established his dynasty, he orchestrated the Xiyi invasion of Zhongyuan, known as the Yinghui–Xiyi War, to replace the faltering Zan dynasty, seeing an opportunity to establish glory for himself and his people, and revitalize the empire way. Regretfully, even with victory in sight, he did not live to see his ambitions realized. | ||||||||
Rong Ji 蠑棘 |
Zanzhu 贊助 |
Huangdi Jiayin 虯甲胤帝 |
Kaijian 凱建 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 2984–[…]TJH | |||
Eldest son of Huangdi Pachong, the second huangdi of the Qiu dynasty and the first to rule over the entirety of Tianchao following the final conquest of the Zan dynasty, ten years after the Qiu dynasty's founding, fulfilling the ambitions of his late-father.
Though not the dynasty's actual founder, he was giving a temple name that implied he was as he was the first huangdi of the Qiu dynasty to rule the entirety of Tianchao | ||||||||
Huangdi Mangshe 虯蟒蛇帝 |
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Unknown | Unknown | Huangdi Guaiwu 虯怪物帝 |
Huaipi 壞辟 |
[…]–3165TJH | […]–3165TJH | |||
Huangdi Guaiwu was a monstrous tyrant so infamously cruel that his personal and courtesy names were purposely scratched from history. |
Jia dynasty
The first Yinghui-ruled unity dynasty since the Kai dynasty.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Pang Yu 胖与 |
Muren 木人 |
Huangdi Zui 嘉醉帝 |
Jiuxing 救星 |
3134–3181TJH | 47yrs | 3164–3181TJH | 17yrs | |
The founder of the Jia dynasty after overthrowing the last tyrannical ruler of the Xiyi Qiu dynasty, restoring Yinghui rule to Tianchao for the first time in almost two centuries.
Generally regarded as the sole true huangdi of the Jia dynasty. While lauded as a hero for ending the tyrannical rule of Huangdi Guaiwu and the Qiu dynasty, he was well known for his drunken temperament and general lack of interest in actually ruling Tianchao. Because of this, he is also widely regarded as an inefficient ruler whose policies, or lack thereof, destabilized the regime and the empire, setting the stage for civil war following his death. He died suddenly during the seventeenth year of his reign. His cause of death is unknown, but historians have long suspected that he was somehow assassinated, perhaps by his own hunaghou. |
Claimants
Huangdi Zui is generally regarded as the only true huangdi of the Jia dynasty. The reign and conflict of his assumed son and brothers, part of the wider War of the Seven Emperors, is considered by most historians as an interregnum between his death and the founding of the Ai dynasty.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Pang Wu 胖吴 |
Jujue 拒絕 |
Huangdi Hunwai 嘉婚外帝 |
n/a | 3166–3189TJH | 23yrs | 3181–3189TJH | 8yrs | |
Huangdi Zui's direct successor, but was an illegitimate bastard whom was not born him. Huangdi Zui's huanghou, known to history as Jin Ting (尽挺), deceived him into thinking he was. The common belief among historians is that he was born of an affair between Jin Ting and her childhood friend from before her marriage.
He was fifteen years old at the time of Huangdi Zui's death. Though he was given a posthumous name, historians traditionally don't count him among the official list of huangdi. He was known as a selfish tyrant, though not nearly as bad as his presumed father's predecessor. Killed along with many of his nearest relatives in a palace coup initiated by Song De, the founder of the Ai dynasty. | ||||||||
Pang Gou 胖够 |
Wenxian 文獻 |
Huangdi Shi 嘉獅帝 |
n/a | 3130–3189TJH | 59yrs | 3181–3189TJH | 8yrs | |
Huangdi Zui's eldest older brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Pang Wu. Died in the Battle of Yongting against the army of Pang Long, almost simultaneously as Song De overthrew Pang Wu and established the Ai dynasty. | ||||||||
Pang Mingce 胖命策 |
Weilian 威廉 |
Huangdi Hu 嘉虎帝 |
n/a | 3132–3186TJH | 54yrs | 3181–3186TJH | 5yrs | |
Huangdi Zui's second eldest older brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Pang Wu. Assassinated by agents of Pang Wu. | ||||||||
Pang Long 胖隆 |
Yadang 亞當 |
Huangdi Xiong 嘉熊帝 |
n/a | 3137–3191TJH | 54yrs | 3181–3191TJH | 10yrs | |
Huangdi Zui's younger brother. Declared himself huangdi within weeks of Huangdi Hunwai. Died in the Battle of Rongke against the armies of the breakaway San dynasty.
The last of the self-declared huangdi of the Jia dynasty to die. The Ai dynasty had been founded two years prior, and, with most of the imperial Pang clan dead or scattered, his death officially ended the Jia dynasty, though the War of the Seven Emperors would rage for another five years. Though a pretender, he was the last of the imperial Pang clan to hold the title, albeit illegally, historians and scholars count him among the official list huangdi as the final ruler of the Jia dynasty for conclusionary reasons. |
Pian dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Sui Han 虽韩 |
Dianzhui 點綴 |
n/a | n/a | 3154–3190TJH | 36yrs | 3181–3188TJH | 7yrs | |
Sole huangdi of the breakaway Pian dynasty.
King of Pian under the Jia dynasty before seceding, his kingdom was conquered by Pang Gou. Sui Han was personally executed by Pang Gou for his rebellion. |
Nian dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Ren Jizhi 稔機智 |
Pianzi 騙子 |
n/a | n/a | 3150–3329TJH | 179yrs | 3181–3192TJH | 11yrs | |
Sole huangdi of the breakaway Nian dynasty.
King of Nian under the Qiu and Jia dynasties before seceding, for reasons unknown to all but himself, Ren Jizhi mostly managed to stay out of the fighting between the other six huangdi, save for some serious border disputes with the other two breakaway kingdoms and the Pang clan claimants. Four years after the establishment of the Ai dynasty, with the Ai army beginning to encroach upon his lands following the fall of Pang Long in battle against the San dynasty, Ren Jizhi challenged Song De to a "duel of kings" and lost. Per the terms of the duel, in which his kingdom would retain independence if he had won, he willingly abdicated, ending his dynasty, was stripped of his titles, and lived out the rest of his days in retirement. |
San dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Na Bin 拿斌 |
Jingzhi 精製 |
n/a | n/a | 3135–3191TJH | 56yrs | 3181–3191TJH | 10yrs | |
First huangdi of the breakaway San dynasty. King of San under the Jia dynasty, he was a sworn brother Huangdi Zui and a loyal general of during the latter's rebellion to overthrow Huangdi Guaiwu and the Qiu dynasty.
He learned the truth about Pang Wu's parentage by accident in the last days of Huangdi Zui's reign, but the latter died before he could tell him. Unable to stop Pang Wu from coming to power, and realizing that Huangdi Zui's brothers were going to contend for the throne themselves, Na Bin fled the capital and declared independence, with the eventual aim of conquering Tianchao once the four false huangdi of the Pang clan had killed each other off. Died of illness the same day his armies defeated Pang Long, widely considered the beginning of the end for his self-proclaimed dynasty. | ||||||||
Na Ao 拿澳 |
Haiwan 海灣 |
n/a | n/a | 3144–3196TJH | 52yrs | 3191–3196TJH | 5yrs | |
Youngest brother of Na Bin, and the second and last huangdi of the breakaway San dynasty. He took over after the death of his brother, as the latter's son and heir died in battle just days before Na Bin died, and Na Ao's elder brothers all died of varying circumstances over the previous decade.
Under his reign, his kingdom was the last resisting faction to fall the the Ai dynasty after a series of substantial defeats, and Na Ao himself committed suicide when he realized all hope was lost. |
Ai dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Song De 松德 |
Qinqing 親情 |
Huangdi Chunzhen 霭純真帝 |
Yongzu 永祖 |
3144–3211TJH | 67yrs | 3189–3211TJH | 22yrs | |
Founder of the Ai dynasty. King of Ai during the Qiu and Jia dynasties, he is lauded as a hero for bringing order back to Tianchao by replacing the collapsing Jia dynasty during the War of the Seven Emperors. He came to power when he instigated a palace coup, killing the illegitimate Pang Wu and many of the tyrannical bastard's nearest relatives.
Ended the war with the reconquest of the breakaway San dynasty. | ||||||||
Song Mao 松毛 |
Yingjun 英俊 |
Huangdi Tanpan 霭談判帝 |
n/a | 3250–3304TJH | 54yrs | 3272–3284TJH | 32yrs | |
The last huangdi of the Ai dynasty, his reign saw the end of patriarchal rule to the matriarchal Niang dynasty for almost five centuries.
When the capital fell at the end of the Cixing War, he committed suicide once he had heard Niang forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate. Out of respect for his resolve, Huangdi Cuilu, the founder of the Niang dynasty, decreed he be given a posthumous name, but not a temple name. |
Niang dynasty
Unique among the rest of the dynasties.
While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, in both unity and division periods, the Niang dynasty was the only unity period dynasty ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally. All children of the huangdi took their mother's surname as well.
Enduring for over five centuries, it is also famous for being the longest period of female-preference primogeniture in Tianzu history.
While women had achieved high military and political status many thousands of times under previous dynasties, they were difficult to attain and required great merit before they were even considered for those statuses. Under the Niang dynasty, women's rights and status were elevated to equal of that of men, given them equal opportunity, which saw the rise of many influential characters of both sexes throughout the dynasty's tenure.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Yuan Mulan 媛木蘭 |
Ganqing 感情 |
Huangdi Cuilu 孃翠綠帝 |
Zuangli 壯麗 |
3276–3339TJH | 63yrs | 3277–3319TJH | 42yrs | |
The founder of the Niang dynasty.
Born a slave, Yuan Mulan endured harsh conditions under the tyrannical slave system of the Ai dynasty. When she was a teenager, Yuan Mulan started to speak out against slavery and the oppression of women under patriarchal traditions. Even though she endured harsh punishments for speaking out, including whippings and stripping her nude in public, she kept her head high and never let herself be silenced. Influential and charismatic, she accumulated some sympathetic listeners who turned into devoted followers; among them was Tian Airen (甜愛人); styled Fengmi (蜂蜜), a young noblegirl who was her oldest friend and sworn sister, and lover. When she was twenty-one Yuan Mulan led a slave revolt in Dongtan (東灘), the imperial capital of the time. Her uprising was repulsed form the city, but her cause attracted followers from all corners of the empire, women and sympathetic men, until they had grown into an army thousands-strong within just a few weeks. At the behest of her most loyal retainers – who believed that the sudden growth and support of her rebellion meant that the Ai dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and had been granted to her – Yuan Mulan declared herself huangdi, naming her dynasty "Niang (孃)," and waged war against the Ai dynasty, a conflict known to history as the Cixing War (雌性戰爭) (3277–3284TJH/2856–2863AFZ). The final conquest of the capital seven years later saw the deposition of Huangdi Tanpan – who committed suicide once he had heard Niang forces had breached the palace defenses rather than be executed or forced to abdicate – and the end of the Ai dynasty. Once firmly in power, she outlawed slavery, a policy that endured until the Khitan-ruled Lin dynasty, and ushered in a golden age that lasted until the end of the dynasty. She also revitalized the empire with various welfare projects that improved the lives of people of all races and social classes; and for this reason she is firmly acknowledged as one of the greatest rulers in Tianzu history. | ||||||||
Yuan Ying 媛硬 |
Yonghai 勇孩 |
Huangdi Hongbao 孃紅寶帝 |
3304–3353TJH | 49yrs | 3319–3333TJH | 14yrs | ||
Second child and eldest daughter of Huangdi Cuilu. Before she was born, most assumed that her elder brother, Yuan Ping (媛评), would be her mother's heir, but Huangdi Cuilu shocked the world when she decreed that successors of the Niang dynasty would only be women.
Came into the throne at the age of twenty five upon the death of her mother. Under her reign, the current capital, Tangzhai, was founded. But the new imperial palace would not be completed and occupied until the reign of Huangdi Baolan. | ||||||||
Yuan Ren 媛仁 |
Bingyin 丙胤 |
Huangdi Baolan 孃寶藍帝 |
3336–3398TJH | 62yrs | 3333–3366TJH | 33yrs | ||
Third daughter and child of Huangdi Hongbao, she superseded her elder sisters to the throne when they declared their intentions forgo any right to the throne in favor of personal pursuits.
Came into the throne at the age of seventeen upon the death of her mother. The imperial palace of Tangzhai, the new imperial capital founded during her mother's reign, was completed a few years after she ascended the throne. Thus Huangdi Baolan was the first ruler of Tianchao to occupy the modern capital. She later abdicated in favor of her chosen heir and spent the remainder of her life in quiet retirement. | ||||||||
Yuan Qing 媛青 |
Mikai 蜜凯 |
Huangdi Lingxing 孃菱形帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 3366–[…]TJH | ||||
Yuan Jin 媛勁 |
Rexin 熱心 |
Huangdi Huangjing 孃黃晶帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Yuan Chanjuan 媛嬋娟 |
Wanqiang 頑強 |
Huangdi Jinyu 孃金玉帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Yuan Qi 媛氣 |
Zhongshi 忠實 |
Huangdi Kuihua 孃葵花帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Huangdi Chuju 孃嘛龛帝 |
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Huangdi Qingfu 孃情夫帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Yuan Ruyi 媛如意 |
Shuangkou 塽口 |
Huangdi Weikou 孃胃口帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Yuan Lian 媛戀 |
Tangmi 糖迷 |
Huangdi Xiangliao 孃香料帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||
Yuan Milin 媛密林 |
Huaji 滑稽 |
Huangdi Chuai 孃踹帝 |
Zuihou 最後 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–3709TJH |
Mei dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Luo Hao 蓏豪 |
Dangao 蛋糕 |
Huangdi Ganju 梅柑橘帝 |
Xinzu 新祖 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 3799–[…]TJH | |||
Great-grandson of Huangdi Weikou, and grandnephew of Huangdi Xiangliao, the penultimate huangdi of the Niang dynasty. He was also an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchan through his father, Luo Yao (蓏要).
He came to power when "convinced/tricked" Huangdi Chuai, the last huangdi of the Niang dynasty, to abdicate in his favor. A conservative traditionalist, Huangdi Ganju became huangdi purposely to end the women-ruled Niang dynasty and reinstate male-preference primogeniture for the first time in five centuries. | ||||||||
Huangdi Mangguo 梅芒果帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | |||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | |||||||
Huangdi Xingshu 梅杏樹帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Huangdi Fengli 梅鳳梨帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–[…]TJH | ||||||
Huangdi Yangguo 梅蘋果帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4020TJH |
Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms
Seven Dynasties
Yin dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Twelve Kingdoms
Hang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Hang Kingdom, along with Sang Kingdom, was never recovered by Tianchao and continued on independently for a time. Eventually, it collapsed into several states that eventually became Dongnan Baquan Banglian (Dongbalian).
Sang
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Hang Kingdom, along with Sang Kingdom, was never recovered by Tianchao and continued on independently for a time. Eventually, it collapsed into several states that eventually became Dongnan Baquan Banglian (Dongbalian).
Zhang Chi
Founded by alleged descendants of the Chi dynasty, a dynasty/chiefdom of the Semi-Legendary Era.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Lin dynasty
A Khitan-ruled conquest dynasty, established in the wake of the Seven Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms period. The first three rulers of the Lin dynasty were also rulers of the Khitan Khaganate, as Lin was founded as a division of the Khaganate (sort of like dual monarchy: two separate states ruled by a single ruler). The first six rulers of the Khitan Khaganate were never huangdi in their lifetime, but were posthumously declared so following the foundation of the Lin dynasty.
A coup by a rival clan forced the Altanzul clan out of power in Khitai, resulting in the complete separation of the Lin dynasty from Khaganate.
Upon separation from Khitai, the ruling family made efforts at Cathization for ease of rule, but retained most of their Khitan ways.
Personal name | Khan Name | Posthumous name | Temple Name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Altanzul Selemchin ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮᠡᠴᠢᠨ |
Erkhemseg Khan ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮᠰᠦᠭ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
Huangdi Tong Chuangzao Die 統創造爹皇帝 |
Yongzu 永祖 |
n/a | ||||
Unifier and First Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. | ||||||||
n/a | ||||||||
Second Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. | ||||||||
n/a | ||||||||
Third Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. | ||||||||
n/a | ||||||||
Fourth Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. | ||||||||
n/a | ||||||||
Fifth Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. | ||||||||
Altanzul Deglem Juram 阿坦祖爾德格倫朱拉姆 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠳᠢᠭᠯᠢᠮ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠮ |
Zaluu Khan ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
Huangdi Zhengfuzhe Guowang 征服者國王皇帝 |
Kaijian 凱建 |
4017–4054TJH | 37yrs | 4039–4054TJH | 15yrs | n/a |
Sixth Khagan of the Khitan Khaganate. Posthumously declared Huangdi in 4080TJH. Though not the founder of the Lin dynasty, he was given a temple name to imply he was as he laid the foundation for the conquest of Tianchao.
During his lifetime, even before his reign, he set his sights on conquering Tianchao (known as Tenger (ᠲᠩᠷᠢ) to the Khitai), torn asunder by the Seven Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms Period since the fall of the Mei dynasty. As soon as he became Khagan, he took advantage of the ongoing conflicts to invade Tianchao and secured much of the Liao, but he did not live do see his ambitions fulfilled. His reign and conquests were cut short when he was slain by an assassin on the eve of his planned invasion of the Zhongyuan region. | ||||||||
Altanzul Ayalguu 阿坦祖爾阿亞爾古 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ |
Ayalguu Khan ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
Huangdi Diqi Zuichu 第七最初皇帝 |
Zuangli 壯麗 Nait Khan ᠨᠠᠢ ᠳᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
4037–4111TJH | 74yrs | 4054–4111TJH (as Khagan) 4076–4111TJH |
57yrs | |
Seventh Khagan of the Khitan Khagnate, eldest son of Zaluu Khan, and founder of the Lin dynasty.
Taking over where his father left off at the age of seventeen, he invaded Zhongyuan and Manzhou, conquering the rest of Tianchao and establishing the Lin dynasty as a division of the Khaganate. With the entirety of what was then Tianchao secured – save for the Hang and Sang kingdoms, whose successor states would later go on to form Dongbalian – he declared himself hunagdi of Tianchao and claimed the Mandate of Heaven as the founder of the Lin dynasty. | ||||||||
Altanzul Jargaltai 阿坦祖爾賈爾加泰 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ |
Jargaltai Khan ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
[…]–[…]TJH | 4111–4153TJH | 42yrs | ||||
Second ruler of the Lin dynasty and eighth Khagan of Khitai. | ||||||||
Altanzul Khundet 阿坦祖爾昆德 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ |
Khundet Khan ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
[…]–[…]TJH | 4153–4173TJH | 20yrs | ||||
Third ruler of the Lin dynasty, and ninth and last Khagan from Altanzul clan. Due to a coup in Khitai, Khundet Khan's son and successor, Baatar Khan, was deprived of his position as Khagan of Khitai.
He was also the first huangdi of the Lin dynasty to actually rule it from a place in Zhongyuan, choosing the newly-founded Tovguren (ᠲᠥᠪᠭᠦᠷᠡᠨ), now known as Waiyang (外央), as his capital. This proved to be a contributing factor to the coup that saw his clan ousted from its position as Khagan of Khitai. | ||||||||
Altanzul Baatar 阿坦祖爾巴塔爾 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ |
Baatar Khan ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
[…]–[…]TJH | 4173–4210TJH | 37yrs | ||||
Fourth ruler of the Lin dynasty independent of Khitai.
Due to coup in Khitai before he was able to take the throne, his clan was ousted of its position as Khagan of Khitai by the Tsetsgiin (ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ ᠦᠨ) clan under Tuimer Khan (ᠲᠦᠢᠮᠡᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ). And so, Baatar Khan and his successors broke away from Khitai and ruled the Lin dynasty independently. | ||||||||
Altanzul Kunziin 阿坦祖爾昆濟寧 ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠺᠥᠩᠽᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ |
Kunziin Khan ᠺᠥᠩᠽᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
Huangdi Yanjiuyuan 研究員皇帝 |
Zuihou 最後 Etssiin Khan ᠡᠴᠦᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ |
[…]–4430TJH | […]–4430TJH | |||
Final ruler of the Lin dynasty.
Well known as a scholar and a pacifist, his reluctance to take armed action against rebels, preferring to find peaceful solutions, led him to be ousted from his throne by the Ang dynasty. |
Shuang dynasty
A Xiongnu-ruled breakaway dynasty that seceded into independence from both the Lin dynasty and the Khitan Khaganate within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Khitai. It endured for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Ang, Ting, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with both Tianchao and Khitai until it was finally reconquered by the Lei dynasty.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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[…]–[…]TJH | 4173–[…]TJH | |||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4641TJH |
Ang dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Qiao Kuaili 俏快樂 |
Lingsheng 鈴聲 |
Huangdi Zhanshi 盎戰時帝 |
Jiuxing 救星 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 4428–[…]TJH | |||
Founder of the Ang dynasty, Huangdi Zhanshi is a mixed figure in Tianchao history. He's lauded as a liberator by those who disdained foreign rule over their country and restored Yinghui rule, but denounced as a usurper who took overthrew and killed a peaceful monarch by others.
The same year he toppled Kunziin Khan, he was forced to deal with the invasion of the Yamato Empire to the west, preventing him from restoring to Tianchao the way he envisioned. | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4523TJH |
Ting dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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[…]–[…]TJH | 4509–[…]TJH | |||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4576TJH |
Lei dynasty
The only dwarf-ruled dynasty in the history of Tianchao, and the last non-human unity dynasty to rule Tianchao.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Kuangshi Shujing 礦石水晶 |
Jiecheng 結成 |
Huangdi Geng 雷耿帝 |
[…]–[…]TJH | 4576–[…]TJH | ||||
Founder of the Lei dynasty.
Descendant of powerful mining magnates, he was the King of Lei, and governor of Leizhou (雷州), during the Ting dynasty. While dwarves had served in many powerful positions for thousands of years, he the first dwarf to rule the empire. | ||||||||
Kuangshi Can 礦石燦 |
Tiejiang 鐵匠 |
Huangdi Cheng 雷誠帝 |
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Son of Huangdi Geng and the second ruler of the Lei dynasty. His first act was to move the imperial administration back to Tangzhai for the first time since the collapse of the Mei dynasty. | ||||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4902TJH |
Nao dynasty
A faun-ruled rebel dynasty during the Lei dynasty.
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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[…]–[…]TJH | 4776–[…]TJH | |||||||
[…]–[…]TJH | […]–4802TJH |
Dongji
A Xiongnu-ruled breakaway dynasty. It was reconquered by the Cui dynasty as it took over from the collapsing Lei dynasty.
Cui dynasty
Personal name | Courtesy name | Posthumous name | Temple name | Lifetime | Reign | Era Names | ||
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Sun Liu 笋留 |
Makan 嘛龛 |
Huangdi Shiwu 翠飾物帝 |
Xinjian 新建 |
4867–4933TJH 4446–4512AFZ |
66yrs | 4903–4933TJH | 30yrs | |
Sun Mulan 笋木蘭 |
Bamei 八美 |
Huangdi Qiji 奇蹟 |
Zhepi 哲辟 |
4903–4961TJH 4482–4540AFZ |
60yrs | 4933–4958TJH | 25yrs | |
Daughter of Huangdi Shiwu, and the last female ruler of Tianchao. She later abdicated in favor of her third son and chosen successor, Sun Zhuan. | ||||||||
Sun Zhuan 笋砖 |
Shuocan 箾摻 |
n/a | n/a | 4933TJH–still living 4512AFZ–still living |
n/a | 4958TJH–Incum | n/a | |
Son of Huangdi Qiji, and the current ruler of Tianchao. |
Notes & Trivia
- The lifetime and reign years use the Luan calendar years. There is a 421-year difference between the Luan calendar and the Solramese calendar. I.e. 0TJH = 421BFZ.
- The Cathayan characters of the posthumous names of rulers, if applicable, are the name of the dynasty, the name, and their title, in that order.
- For huangdi whose reigns ended before they died, this is an indicator that they abdicated or were somehow deposed without being executed.