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In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.
Emperor Taizu of Zhou 周太祖
Emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty
Reign
11 February 951 – 22 February 954
Successor
Chai Rong
Born
10 September 904 Yaoshan County, Xingzhou (modern Longyao County, Hebei, China)
Died
22 February 954(954-02-22) (aged 49) Kaifeng
Burial
Song Mausoleum (嵩陵; in modern Xinzheng, Henan) 34°32′17.95″N113°41′55.90″E / 34.5383194°N 113.6988611°E / 34.5383194; 113.6988611
Guǎngshùn (廣順), began on 13 February 951 Year 1: 9 February 951 – 29 January 952 Year 2: 30 January 952 – 17 January 953 Year 3: 18 January 953 – 5 February 954 Xiǎndé (顯德) Year 1: 6 February 954 – 26 January 955
Regnal name
Emperor Shengming Wenwu Rende (聖明文武仁德皇帝) [2]
Posthumous name
Emperor Shèngshén Gōngsù Wénwǔ Xiào (聖神恭肅文武孝皇帝)
Temple name
Tàizǔ (太祖; "Grand Progenitor")
House
Guo
Dynasty
Later Zhou
Father
Guo Jian (郭簡)
Mother
Lady Wang (王氏)
Guo Wei
Chinese
郭威
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guō Wēi
Wade–Giles
Kuo1 Wei1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Gwok3 Wai1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Kok Ui
Guo Wei (Chinese: 郭威) (10 September 904[3] – 22 February 954[4]), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Zhou (周太祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death in 954.
Nicknamed "Sparrow Guo" (郭雀兒) after a sparrow-shaped tattoo on his neck,[5] he rose to a high position in the Later Han as an assistant military commissioner. He founded the Later Zhou in 951.
^According to Guo Wei's biography in "Old Histories of the Five Dynasties", he was born on the 28th day of the 7th month of the 1st year of the Tianyou era of the reign of Emperor Ai of Tang. This corresponds to 10 Sep 904 on the Julian calendar. (后以唐天祐元年甲子歲七月二十八日，生帝於堯山之舊宅。) Wudai Shi, ch. 110.
^According to Guo Wei's biography in "Old Histories of the Five Dynasties", he died between 9am and 11 am on the renchen day of the 1st month of the 1st year of the Xiande era of his reign. This corresponds to 22 Feb 954 on the Julian calendar. ([顯德元年春正月]壬辰.....是日巳時，帝崩於滋德殿，聖壽五十一。) Wudai Shi, ch. 113.
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