Emperor Wen of Sui
Sui · 1st ruler
隋文帝 Suí Wéndì楊堅 Yáng Jiān
Wade–Giles: Sui Wen-ti · Yang Chien
Reigned 581–604 (23 years)
Reigned 23 years (581–604). Died at 64 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death disputed. 1st ruler of Sui.
Facts
- Reign
- 4 March 581 – 13 August 604 (1st ruler of Sui)
- Length of reign
- 23 years
- Born
- 21 July 541
- Died
- 13 August 604
- Age at accession
- 41
- Age at death
- 64
- Cause of death
- DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one
- 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 Jing of Northern Zhou
- Successor
- Emperor Yang of Sui
- Era names
- 開皇 Kāihuáng (proclaimed 581)
- 仁壽 Rénshòu (proclaimed 601)
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
- 2
- General amnesties
- 12
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 5
- Rebellions faced
- 5
- Capital relocations
- 1
Emperors of Sui
- 1stEmperor Wen of Sui隋文帝 Suí Wéndì楊堅 Yáng Jiān581–604 · 23 years · Disputed, age 64581–60423 yearsDisputed, age 64
- 2ndEmperor Yang of Sui隋煬帝 Suí Yángdì楊廣 Yáng Guǎng604–618 · 13 years · Assassinated, age 50604–61813 yearsAssassinated, age 50
- 3rdYang You楊侑 Yáng Yòu617–618 · 176 days · Unknown, age 15617–618176 daysUnknown, age 15
- Yang Tong楊侗 Yáng Tóng618–619 · 335 days · Assassinated618–619335 daysAssassinated
- Yang Hao楊浩 Yáng Hào618 · 195 days · Assassinated618195 daysAssassinated