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| Gao Shengtai 高昇泰 | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor ofDazhong | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 1094–1096 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Duan Zhengming (ofDali) | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Emperor Zhongzong (of Dali) | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1096 (1097) | ||||||||||||
| Issue | Gao Taiming (高泰明) Gao Taiyun (高泰運) Gao Taihui (高泰慧) | ||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Dazhong (大中) | ||||||||||||
| Father | Gao Zhisheng (高智昇) | ||||||||||||
| Gao Shengtai | |||||||
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| Chinese | 高昇泰 | ||||||
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Gao Shengtai (died 1096) was the founder and the onlyemperor of the short-lived Dazhong Kingdom from 1094 until his death in 1096. He was fromCang Mountain in the present-day southern Chinese province ofYunnan.
In 1080,Duan Lianyi, the 12th ruler of theDali Kingdom, was overthrown and killed byYang Yizhen, who seized the throne from him. Gao Shengtai and his father,Gao Zhisheng, the Marquis of Shanchan (in present-dayKunming, Yunnan), led military forces to attack Yang Yizhen and defeated him. They restored the Dali monarchy by installingDuan Shouhui on the throne.
However, in 1081, Gao Zhisheng and Gao Shengtai forced Duan Shouhui to abdicate and replaced him withDuan Zhengming.
In 1094, Gao Shengtai forced Duan Zhengming to relinquish the throne to him, after which he renamed the Dali Kingdom to "Dazhong Kingdom" with theera name "Shangzhi".
He died of illness in 1096. Before his death, he instructed his son, Gao Taiming, to return the throne to the Duan family.Duan Zhengchun, Duan Zhengming's younger brother, became the new ruler and he restored the kingdom's former name. In spite of this power transition, Gao Shengtai's relatives and descendants still occupied highly influential positions in the Dali Kingdom after his death. Gao Shengtai was given theposthumous name "Emperor Fuyou Shengde Biaozheng".
Gao Shengtai is fictionalised as a minor character in thewuxianovel [zh]Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils byLouis Cha.[1]