Duan Zhengming

Duan Zhengming
Chinese	段正明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Duàn Zhèngmíng

Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Zhengming (正明);
Posthumous name
	Baoding Emperor (保定皇帝)

Duan Zhengming
段正明
Duan Zhengming; 段正明
Reign	1081-1094
Full name
	Family name: Duan (段); Given name: Zhengming (正明);
Posthumous name
	Baoding Emperor (保定皇帝)
Dynasty	Dali

Duan Zhengming (posthumous name Emperor Baoding) was the 14th ruler of the Dali Kingdom. In 1081, the regent Gao Zhisheng forced Duan Zhengming's predecessor, Duan Shouhui, 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 novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Louis Cha.

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