Duan Zhengchun

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Duan Zhengchun (temple name Zhongzong, posthumous name Wen'an) was the king of the Kingdom of Dali between 1096 and 1108. He was the younger brother of king Duan Zhengming, and the first ruling king of the Later Dali Kingdom.

In 1094, the puppet king Duan Zhengming was forced by Gao Shengtai to abdicate and become a monk. Gao Shengtai then crowned himself. However, after two years of reign, Gao Shengtai died in 1096 and made a will to return the throne to the Duan family. Duan Zhengchun was crowned the King in 1096.

Duan Zhengchun abdicated and became a monk in 1108. He was succeeded by his son Duan Yu.

[edit] Duan Zhengchun in fiction

Duan Zhengchun is a character in the Jin Yong wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He is the younger brother of the Emperor of Dali, Duan Zhengming, and the next in throne since his brother is going to retirement becoming a monk. He is famed as a notorious womanizer and has five known illegitimate daughters, Zhong Ling, Mu Wanqing, A Zi, A Zhu, and Wang Yuyan. Ironically, his only legitimate child, Duan Yu, turns out not fathered by him because his wife, furious at his promiscuous extramarital love life, cheated on him with his later nemesis Duan Yanqing (who was a crippled beggar then).