Emperor Ming of Song
Emperor of Liu Song
Died when: 32 years 153 days (389 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Emperor Ming of (Liu) Song ((?)???) (9 December 439 – 10 May 472), personal name Liu Yu (??), courtesy name Xiubing (??), childhood name Rongqi (??), was an emperor of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty.
He became emperor after his violent and impulsive nephew Emperor Qianfei was assassinated in 465, as he was regarded as more lenient and open-minded at first.
However, he soon turned cruel and suspicious as well after becoming emperor, and during his reign, his nephews and brothers were nearly all slaughtered on his orders.
This greatly weakened the Liu Song dynasty and contributing to its fall in 479, just seven years after his death.
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