Tang dynasty portrait of Emperor Wu by artist Yan Liben (c. 600–673)
Emperor of Northern Zhou
Reign
560–578
Predecessor
Emperor Ming
Successor
Emperor Xuan
Regent
Yuwen Hu (until 572)
Born
543
Died
578 (aged 34–35)
Burial
Xiao Mausoleum (孝陵)
Consorts
Empress Wucheng Empress Dowager Li Ezi
Issue
Emperor Xuan Yuwen Zan Yuwen Zhi Yuwen Yun Yuwen Chong Yuwen Dui Yuwen Yuan Princess Qingdou Princess Yiyang
Full name
Family name:
Yuwen (宇文)
Given name:
Yong (雍)
Era dates
Bǎodìng (保定): 561-565
Tiānhé (天和): 566-572
Jiàndé (建德): 572-578
Xuānzhèng (宣政): 578
Posthumous name
Emperor Wu (武皇帝)
Temple name
Gaozu (高祖)
House
Yuwen
Dynasty
Northern Zhou
Father
Yuwen Tai
Mother
Empress Xuan
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ((北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578[1]), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty of China. As was the case of the reigns of his brothers Emperor Xiaomin and Emperor Ming, the early part of his reign was dominated by his cousin Yuwen Hu, but in 572 he ambushed Yuwen Hu and seized power personally. He thereafter ruled ably and built up the power of his military, destroying the rivaling Northern Qi dynasty in 577 and annexing its territory. His death the next year, however, ended his ambitions of uniting China, and under the reign of his erratic son Emperor Xuan (Yuwen Yun), Northern Zhou itself soon deteriorated and was usurped by Yang Jian, who founded the Sui dynasty, in 581.
^According to Yuwen Yong's biography in Book of Zhou, he died aged 36 (by East Asian reckoning) during the night of the dingyou day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the Xuanzheng era of his reign. This corresponds to 21 Jun 578 in the Julian calendar. ([宣政元年]六月丁酉，帝疾甚，还京。其夜，崩于乘舆。时年三十六。) Zhou Shu, vol.06. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 543.
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