In China's 5,000-year history, there have been more than 400 emperors, among them, there have been monarchs who made great efforts to govern the wise, and there have also been tyrants who led to the collapse of a dynasty due to their extravagance. Do you know how many tyrants there are in China? What tyrants were there in the history of China? This article will take a look at the top ten tyrants in the history of China, and see how many have you heard of?

1. Shang Zhouwang

Shang Zhouwang believes that everyone is familiar. During his reign, Chao Ge was established, wine pits and meat forests were established, severe punishments and laws were implemented, and his wealth was increased. The emperor was a typical tyrant, which eventually led to alienation, intensified internal contradictions, death and destruction of the country. He and Xia Jie are also called "Jie".

2. Xia Jie

Xia Jiechu was born in Anyang City, Henan Province, and married his sister-in-law, the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty. He is also one of the most frequently mentioned tyrants in the history of China. This decadent and cruel monarch who moved the capital during his reign was finally destroyed by the Shang Dynasty monarch.

3. Zhou Liwang

Zhou Liwang Ji Hu was the tenth monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and his reign lasted from 878 BC to 842 BC. After he acceded to the throne, he appointed treacherous officials, monopolized Shanze products, plundered people's money constantly, and caused complaints from domestic people. On this basis, the tyrant also ordered people to watch people and killed anyone who complained.

4. Qin Ershi Hu Hai

Hu Hai was born in 230 BC, and was promoted to the throne by Zhao Gao and Reese in 2 10 BC. During his accession to the throne, he forced his younger brother Fu Su to death, slaughtered all his brothers and sisters, and exercised cruel and tyrannical rule after his accession to the throne, which eventually led to the outbreak of the people's uprising, and was forced to death by Zhao Gao's confidant and committed suicide in Wang Yi Palace.

5. Sun Hao, Emperor of Soochow

Sun Hao was born in 242 and became the last emperor of Soochow in 264. Sun Quan's grandson was addicted to debauchery from the beginning of his reign, and later began to focus on killing. He was famous for his cruel and tyrannical temperament in China, and was finally destroyed by the Western Jin Dynasty.

6. Shi Hu, Emperor of the Later Zhao Dynasty

Shi Hu was born in 295 AD, the Emperor of Zhao after the Sixteen Kingdoms Period. In his early days, with his riding and shooting skills, he fought in four directions with his uncle Schleswig-Holstein, and made repeated military achievements. After Shi Hong ascended the throne, he claimed to be the king of Yan Xi in the first year, killing all uncles, relatives and ministers who had different opinions in the imperial court, which also led to poverty in people's homes and caused people's uprising.

7. Former Qin Li Wang Fusheng

Born in 335, Fu Sheng was the second emperor of the former Qin Empire, and he ascended the throne in 355. Early proficient in riding and shooting three kings. During the Northern Expedition, the Jin Army suffered heavy losses. After he ascended the throne, he began to be cruel and overbearing, killing all the ministers who cared about his life, and even killing his uncle, which led to the alienation between China and foreign countries and was finally imprisoned and strangled by the East China Sea King.

8. Wen Qi, Xuan Di and Levin

Gao Yang was not a cruel emperor at first, but he became the emperor of Qi after being abdicated by Emperor Xiaojing in 550. Gao Zhan, a famous bad king in history, is his half-brother. After he ascended the throne, he took the lead in reusing talents, made great efforts to govern, and launched wars many times, becoming the hero of Turkic Khan. In the later period, he began to commit suicide cruelly because of his achievements, drinking and enjoying himself every day, and eventually died suddenly because of excessive drinking.

Before the Song Dynasty, Liu abolished it.

I believe everyone has heard of Liu's name more or less. It appears in many novels today. In order to consolidate his position, the sixth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, who ascended the throne in 464, not only slaughtered princes and ministers, but also lived in luxury, causing turmoil in the ruling and opposition parties and peasant uprisings, and was finally killed by the king of eastern Hunan and others. He was a famous tyrant in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

10. Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang

Yang Guang, the second son of Dugu Jialuo and Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, was the second emperor of Sui Dynasty, and his reign was 604-6 18. After he ascended the throne, he abused the people's power, not only dredged the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty, but also moved the capital to Luoyang, the capital of the Sui Dynasty. He frequently launched fruitless wars, which consumed manpower and material resources, and eventually led to the world uprising and the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.