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Emperor of Northern Wei Dynasty
Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei 北魏孝明帝
Emperor of Northern Wei Dynasty
Reign
February 12, 515 – March 31, 528
Predecessor
Emperor Xuanwu
Successor
Empress Regnant Wutai[note 1]
Born
510
Died
March 31, 528
Burial
Ding Mausoleum (定陵)
Issue
Empress Regnant Wutai[note 1]
Names
Family name: Yuán (元) Given name: Xǔ (詡)
Era dates
Xīpíng (熙平) 516–518
Shénguī (神龜) 518–520
Zhēngguāng (正光) 520–525
Xiàochāng (孝昌) 525–527
Wǔtài (武泰) 528
Posthumous name
Emperor Xiaoming (孝明皇帝; lit. "filial and understanding")
Temple name
Suzong (肅宗)
House
Yuan
Dynasty
Northern Wei
Father
Emperor Xuanwu
Mother
Empress Dowager Hu
Emperor Xiaoming of (Northern) Wei ((北)魏孝明帝) (510 – March 31, 528[1]), personal name Yuan Xu (元詡), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. He ascended the throne in 515 at the age of five, and governmental matters were dominated by his mother Empress Dowager Hu (with an intervening regency by the official Yuan Cha from 520 to 525). In 528, Emperor Xiaoming tried to curb his mother's powers and kill her lover Zheng Yan (鄭儼) by conspiring with the general Erzhu Rong. As a result, the 18-year-old emperor was poisoned by his mother, who was soon overthrown by Erzhu. From that point on, Northern Wei royal lineage had no actual power. The next ruler, Emperor Xiaozhuang (507–531) was established by Erzhu. Since Erzhu's rival, general Gao Huan, enthroned another royal offspring, the country was soon split in two rival polities, Eastern and Western Wei, both of which did not hold long on the political map of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
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^According to Emperor Xiaoming's biography in Book of Wei, he died aged 19 (by East Asian reckoning) on the guichou day of the second month of the first year of the Wutai era of his reign. This corresponds to 31 Mar 528 on the Julian calendar. [(武泰元年春二月)癸丑, 帝崩於顯陽殿，時年十九。] Wei Shu vol.09
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