Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou

Full name
	Family name: Yǔwén (宇文); Given name: Initially Yǎn (衍), later Chǎn (闡);
Era dates
	Dàxiàng (大象): 579-581; Dàdìng (大定): 581
Posthumous name
	Emperor Jìng (靜皇帝, "silent")

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou
北周靜帝
Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou; 北周靜帝
Emperor of Northern Zhou
Reign	April 1, 579 – March 4, 581
Predecessor	Emperor Xuan
Regent	Emperor Xuan (1 April 579 – 22 June 580); Yang Jian (23 June 580–581)
Born	573
Died	581 (aged 7–8)
Burial	Gong Mausoleum (恭陵)
Consorts	Empress Sima Lingji of Henei
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Yǔwén (宇文); Given name: Initially Yǎn (衍), later Chǎn (闡);
Era dates
	Dàxiàng (大象): 579-581; Dàdìng (大定): 581
Posthumous name
	Emperor Jìng (靜皇帝, "silent")
House	Yuwen
Dynasty	Northern Zhou
Father	Emperor Xuan
Mother	Zhu Manyue

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou ((北)周靜帝) (July or August 573 – 10 July 581), personally name né Yuwen Yan (宇文衍), later Yuwen Chan (宇文闡), was the last emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty. He became emperor at the age of six, after his father Emperor Xuan formally passed the throne to him, but Emperor Xuan retained the imperial powers. After Emperor Xuan's death in 580, the official Yang Jian, the father of Emperor Xuan's wife Yang Lihua, seized power as regent. Yang soon defeated the general Yuchi Jiong, who tried to resist him, and in 581 had the young Emperor Jing yield the throne to him, ending Northern Zhou and establishing the Sui dynasty. Yang soon had the young emperor, as well as other members of Northern Zhou's imperial Yuwen clan, put to death.

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