Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou
Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou ((北)周靜帝) (July or August 573 – 10 July 581), personally name né
Yuwen Yan (宇文衍), later
Yuwen Chan (宇文闡), was the last
emperor of the
Xianbei-led Chinese
Northern Zhou dynasty. He became emperor at the age of six, after his father
Emperor Xuan formally passed the throne to him, but Emperor Xuan retained the imperial powers. After Emperor Xuan's death in 580, the official
Yang Jian, the father of Emperor Xuan's wife
Yang Lihua, seized power as
regent. Yang soon defeated the general
Yuchi Jiong, who tried to resist him, and in 581 had the young Emperor Jing yield the throne to him, ending Northern Zhou and establishing the
Sui dynasty. Yang soon had the young emperor, as well as other members of Northern Zhou's imperial Yuwen clan, put to death.
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