Duan Zhengming
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| Duan Zhengming 段正明 | |||||||||
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| Reign | 1081–1094 | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Dali | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 段正明 | ||||||
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Duan Zhengming (posthumous name Emperor Baoding) was the 14th emperor of the Dali Kingdom. In 1081, the regent forced Duan Zhengming's predecessor, , to abdicate and replaced him with Duan Zhengming. In 1094, Gao Shengtai, Gao Zhisheng's son, forced Duan Zhengming to relinquish the throne to him and renamed the Dali Kingdom to "Dazhong Kingdom". Gao Shengtai ruled briefly until his death in 1096, after which the throne was returned to the Duan family – Duan Zhengming's younger brother, Duan Zhengchun, became the new ruler and restored the kingdom's former name.
In fiction[]
Duan Zhengming is fictionalised as a minor character in the wuxia Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Louis Cha.
Categories:
- Dali emperors
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
- 11th-century Chinese monarchs