Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi

Facts

Reign

9 June 550 – 25 November 559 (1st ruler of Northern Qi)

Length of reign

9 years

Born

Unknown

Died

25 November 559

Age at accession

Unknown

Age at death

31

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Abdication from another dynastyReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)

Predecessor

Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei

Successor

Emperor Fei of Northern Qi

Era names

• 天保 Tiānbǎo (proclaimed 550)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes

1

General amnesties

4

Empresses installed

1

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

8

Rebellions suppressed

2

Rebellions faced

2

Capital relocations

0