Duan Yu

Duan Yu
Reign 1108–1147
Full name
Posthumous name
Xuanren Emperor (宣仁帝)
Temple name
Xianzong (憲宗)
Dynasty Dali
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Duan.
Duan Yu
Traditional Chinese 段譽
Simplified Chinese 段誉

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

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