Wu Mingche (吳明徹) (512[1] – 24 August 580[2]), courtesy name Tongzhao (通昭), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Chen Dynasty. He first served under the dynasty's founder Emperor Wu but became the most prominent general of the state during the reign of Emperor Wu's nephew Emperor Xuan, successfully commanding the Chen army in seizing the region between the Yangtze River and the Huai River from rival Northern Qi. After Northern Qi was destroyed by Northern Zhou, however, Wu was defeated and captured by the Northern Zhou general Wang Gui (王軌). After he was taken to the Northern Zhou capital Chang'an, he died in anger.
^However, Wu Mingche's epitaph claimed that he was 77 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died in Aug 580. If the epitaph is correct, his birth year should be 504.
^Wu Mingche's biography in Book of Chen indicate that he was 67 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died soon after his capture by Northern Zhou, while Emperor Xuan's biography in the same work indicate that he was captured on 20 March 578 ([太建十年]二月甲子，北讨众军败绩于吕梁，司空吴明彻及将卒已下，并为周军所获。). However, according to his epitaph, he died on the 28th day of the 7th month of the 2nd year of the Da'xiang era of Yuwen Yong's reign, which corresponds to 24 Aug 580 in the Julian calendar. The epitaph is reproduced here (in Chinese): (《周大将军怀德公吴明彻墓志铭》：宣政元年，届于东都之亭，有诏释其鸾镳，蠲其衅社。始弘就馆之礼，即受登坛之策。拜持节、大将军、必德郡开国公，邑二千户。归平津之馆，时闻枥马之嘶；舍广城之传，裁见诸侯之客。廉颇眷恋，宁闻更用之期；李广盘桓，无复前驱之望。霸陵醉尉，侵辱可知；东陵故侯，生平已矣。大象二年七月二十八日，气疾增暴，奄然宾馆，春秋七十七，即以其年八月十九日寄瘗于京兆万年县之东郊，诏赠某官，谥某，礼也。)
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