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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2758263, member: 75799&quot;]An Emperor rivaling the cruelty of Caligula and some of the infamous Emperors of Rome</p><p><br /></p><p>Northern Southern Dynasties. Liu-Song Dynasty. Former deposed Emperor Liu Ziye. 465AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jing He small coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of China&#039;s 50 rarest coins, the Jing He cash coin was minted during the Jing He regal period of the Former deposed Emperor or Qian Feidi. Known for his extreme cruelty and immoral conduct, his reign lasted no more than a year before he was assassinated. During his short reign, he changed his regal period twice which was unprecedented in Chinese history and debased the coinage further with issues such as these. As the Jing He coin lasted no more than a few months, their size and susceptibility to damage notwithstanding melting made them extremely rare and famous as one of the Chinese top 50 rarest coins 中国古钱五十珍。</p><p><br /></p><p>The extent of the Emperor&#039;s cruelty can rival that of Rome. Among the records of his actions include:</p><ol> <li>When her mother,Empress Dowager Wang grew extremely ill, and she summoned Emperor Qianfei to see her. He refused, stating that in sick people&#039;s rooms there would be ghosts, and he could not go. In anger, she told her servant girls: &quot;Bring a sword and cut me open, to see how it is this animal came out of me!&quot; She soon died.<br /> </li> <li>Forced his late father&#039;s trusted minister to commit suicide in resentment for constantly curbing his immoral habits and reminding him how his actions could affect his kingdom. </li> <li>Led an army to kill his granduncle anf his 4 sons after leaks that Some officials wanted to replace him with his granduncle. He cut off his limbs, opened his abdomen and personally pulled out his intestines to hack to pieces. He also gouged out his eyes, soaked them in honey and called it &quot;pickled ghost eyes&quot;. </li> <li>When his empress complained how it was unfair that the emperor could have a harem of women, he selected 30 handsome men to be her lovers as well.</li> <li>Just for an experience to declare a state if emergency, he falsely accused a senior minister of plotted rebellion and led an army to attack him. </li> <li>Had an incestuous relationship with his aunt. To keep her, he randomly killed a lady in waiting, sent her body to her aunt&#039;s husband. When he resisted And tried to depose him, he was killed when the plot leaked.</li> <li>of whom were overweight, into cages and measured their weight as if weighing pigs. In one particular incident, he tied his uncle up like how a pig would be tied up, and had him delivered to the kitchen, stating, &quot;Today is pig-killing day.&quot; A relative, however, stated, &quot;This is not the pig-killing day.&quot; He angrily asked him why that was the case, and he stated, &quot;After your son is born, then kill the pig and take out his entrails!&quot; Emperor Qianfei liked the joke and did not kill his uncle.<br /> </li> <li>He summoned the princesses to the palace and ordered them to lie down and allow his attendants to have sex with them. When his aunt refused, he had her whipped and had her three sons put to death. </li> <li>He also ordered his ladies in waiting to strip and chase each other naked. When one lady in waiting refused, he beheaded her. That night, he dreamed of a woman cursing him, &quot;You are so violent and immoral that you will not live to see the wheat harvest next year.&quot; After he woke up, he found a lady in waiting whose appearance was similar to the woman he saw in the dream, and beheaded her. </li> </ol><p>He was soon assassinated within 20 months into his reign.[ATTACH=full]633299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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