# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-ling-of-han
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:02:10.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-ling-of-han"
name: "Emperor Ling of Han"
slug: "emperor-ling-of-han"
description: "Emperor Ling of Han, personal name Liu Hong, was the 12th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. He was also the last Eastern Han emperor to exercise effective power during his reign. Born the son of a lesser marquis who descended directly from Emperor Zhang, Liu Hong was chosen to be emperor in February 168 around age 12 after the death of his predecessor, Emperor Huan, who had no son to succeed him. He reigned for about 21 years until his death in May 189."
tagline: "Emperor of the Han dynasty from 168 to 189"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%B1%89%E7%81%B5%E5%B8%9D_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "156"
deathDate: "0189-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.9
  momentum:             0.8228742415426814
  historical:           21.20208933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%9D%E9%9D%88%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D"
    title: "漢孝靈皇帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "الإمبراطور لينغ من هان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الامبراطور لينج من هان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperador_Ling_de_Han"
    title: "Emperador Ling de Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C_%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ئیمپراتۆر لینگی ھان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Lingdi"
    title: "Han Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ling_of_Han"
    title: "Emperor Ling of Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperador_Ling_de_Han"
    title: "Emperador Ling de Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "امپراتور لینگ هان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Lingdi"
    title: "Han Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisar_Ling_dari_Han"
    title: "Kaisar Ling dari Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8A%E5%B8%9D_(%E6%BC%A2)"
    title: "霊帝 (漢)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9B%84%ED%95%9C_%EC%98%81%EC%A0%9C"
    title: "후한 영제"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Lingdi"
    title: "Han Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Lingdi"
    title: "Han Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingdi"
    title: "Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B8_(%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C)"
    title: "Лин-ди (Хань)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Ling_od_Hana"
    title: "Car Ling od Hana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling_(dinastija_Han)"
    title: "Ling (dinastija Han)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Lingdi"
    title: "Han Lingdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%89"
    title: "พระเจ้าเลนเต้"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling_(Han)"
    title: "Ling (Han)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%BD_(%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C)"
    title: "Лю Хун (Хань)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1n_Linh_%C4%90%E1%BA%BF"
    title: "Hán Linh Đế"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E7%81%B5%E5%B8%9D"
    title: "汉灵帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump