Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou
Deceased Person
0573 – 0581
Who was Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou?
Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou, personally name né Yuwen Yan, later Yuwen Chan, was the last emperor of the Mongolian Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou. 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 Empress 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 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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