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| Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou 北周宣帝 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of Northern Zhou | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 22 June 578[1] – 1 April 579[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Wu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Emperor Jing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 559 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 580 (aged 20–21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Ding Mausoleum (定陵) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consorts | Yang Lihua Zhu Manyue Chen Yueyi Yuchi Chifan Yuan Leshang of Henan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Yuwen Eying Yuwen Chan Yuwen Kan Yuwen Shu | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| House | Yuwen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Northern Zhou | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Emperor Wu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Dowager Li Ezi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou (北周宣帝) (559 – 22 June 580[3]), personal name Yuwen Yun (宇文贇), courtesy name Qianbo (乾伯), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty of China.[4] He was known in history as an erratic and wasteful ruler, whose actions greatly weakened the Northern Zhou regime. As part of that erratic behavior, he passed the throne to his son Emperor Jing in April 579, less than a year after taking the throne, and subsequently entitled not only his wife Yang Lihua empress, but four additional concubines as empresses. After his death in June 580, the government was taken over by his father-in-law Yang Jian, who soon deposed his son Emperor Jing, ending the Northern Zhou and establishing the Sui dynasty.
- ^ wu'xu day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the Xuan'zheng era. (宣政元年六月丁酉，高祖崩。戊戌，皇太子即皇帝位，...) Zhou Shu, vol.07
- ^ xinsi day of the 2nd month of the 1st year of the Daxiang era, per Emperor Jing's biography in Book of Zhou
- ^ According to Emperor Xuan's biography in Book of Zhou, he died aged 22 (by East Asian reckoning) on the jiyou day of the 5th month of the 2nd year of the Daxiang era. This corresponds to 22 Jun 580 on the Julian calendar. ([大象二年五月]乙未，帝不豫，还宫。...己酉，大渐。御正下大夫刘昉，与内史上大夫郑译矫制，以随国公坚受遗辅政。是日，帝崩于天德殿。时年二十二，...) Zhou Shu, vol.07. However, according to Yang Jian's biography in Book of Sui, Emperor Xuan died on the yiwei day of the same month and year. This corresponds to 8 Jun 580 in the Julian calendar. (大象二年五月...乙未，帝崩。) Sui Shu, vol.01. The Book of Zhou recorded that for the yi'wei day of that month, Emperor Xuan merely fell ill and returned to the palace; Bei Shi also had a similar record of Emperor Xuan's death as Zhou Shu, whereas the account in Zizhi Tongjian indicate that Emperor Xuan fell ill on the yi'wei day and died on the same day. ([太建十二年五月]乙未，不豫而还。....。是日，帝殂。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol.174
- ^ Jinhua, Chen (2002-09-01). "Pusaseng [bodhisattva-monks]: A Peculiar Monastic Institution at the Tum of the Northern Zhou (557–581) and Sui (581–618) Dynasties". Journal of Chinese Religions. 30 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1179/073776902804760310. ISSN 0737-769X.