How to read Yuwen Yun A brief biography of Emperor Yuwen Yun of Zhou

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Yuwen Yun [yūn] [Beautiful (mostly used for personal names)]

Northern Zhou Xuan Emperor Yuwen Yun (559–580), courtesy name Qianbo, Xianbei, eldest son of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, mother Li Ezi, was the fourth emperor of Northern Zhou during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, reigning from 578 to 579.

Yuwen Yun was initially enfeoffed as the Duke of Lu, and became crown prince in the first year of Jiande (572), and led an army to conquer Tuguhun in the west. In the first year of Xuanzheng (578), he ascended the throne, and his era name was Dacheng . After Yuwen Yun ascended the throne, he indulged in wine, tyrannical and absurd, wantonly decorated the palace, and indiscriminately punished, often sending his cronies to monitor the words and deeds of ministers, and the Northern Zhou state was declining day by day. In the first year of the Elephant (579), Zen was located in the eldest son Yuwen Yan, who declared himself Emperor Tianyuan, but still controlled the imperial power. He died of illness the following year at the age of twenty-two, and was buried in Dingling.

Brief introduction to Yuwen Yun's life

Folding early life

In the first year of Wucheng (559), Yuwen Yun was born in Tongzhou. On the first day of May in the first year of Baoding (561), he was given the title of Duke of Lu.

On April 21 of the first year of Jiande (572), Emperor Wu of Zhou personally paid homage to his ancestors at the Taimiao Temple, and on the eastern steps, he crowned Yuwen Yun and made him crown prince.

In the second year of Jiande (573), he ordered the crown prince Yuwen Yun to inspect the western region. In the same year, she married Yang Lihua, the eldest daughter of Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui.

In the third year of Jiande (574), Emperor Wu of Zhou's mother, Empress Wenxuan (Empress Wenxuan), died, and during the mourning of Emperor Wu of Zhou, he ordered Premier Yuwen Yun to take charge of the government, and The chancellor Yuwen Yun returned to Emperor Wu of Zhou fifty days later. Every time Emperor Wu of Zhou went out to inspect, he often left Yuwen Yun to supervise the government.

In February of the fifth year of Jiande (576), he also ordered Yuwen Yun to inspect the western region and take the opportunity to attack Tuguhun.

Yuwen Yun's father, Emperor Wu of Zhou, feared that he would not be able to take on the heavy responsibility of succession, and treated him very harshly, and every time he met, the requirements for his behavior were the same as those of the chancellor. Even in the harsh winter heat, no rest is allowed. Yuwen Yun was good at drinking, and Emperor Wu of Zhou forbade liquor and liquor-related liquor not to be sent to the Eastern Palace. Every time Yuwen Yun made a mistake, Emperor Wu of Zhou beat him with sticks and whips. He once said to him, "There are many princes who were deposed before." Can't the rest of my sons be crown princes?" So he ordered the officials of the Eastern Palace to record Yuwen Yun's words and deeds. Report to him every month. Because Yuwen Yun was afraid of the majesty of Emperor Wu of Zhou, he performed according to the rules every day and did not express true feelings, so many serious evil deeds were not known to outsiders.

Fold ascended the throne as Emperor

On the first day of June in the first year of Xuanzheng (578), Emperor Wu of Zhou died. On the second day of the first month of June, Crown Prince Yuwen Yun ascended the throne, and Empress Ashina became empress dowager; His biological mother, Li Ezi, was made empress dowager. The following year is the first year of Dacheng.

After the death of Emperor Wu of Zhou, according to the code of conduct of successive emperors, filial piety was required for about a month. Yuwen Yun ascended the throne the day after Emperor Zhouwu's death, buried Emperor Zhouwu ten days later, and after the burial was completed on the same day, he took off his filial piety and celebrated his ascension to the throne.

After Yuwen Yun ascended the throne, he indulged in wine, and finally even five empresses stood side by side, which broke the record of the former Zhao Emperor Liu Cong's "three queens standing side by side", and also wantonly decorated the palace, and indiscriminately punished, often sent his cronies to monitor the words and deeds of the ministers, and killed the emperor's uncle Yuwen Xian of Qi on June 28, 578. The Northern Zhou dynasty was in decline.

Folding Zen died

On February 19, 579, Yuwen Yun 's edict was located in the eldest son Yuwen Yan , and changed his era name to Elephant , calling himself Emperor Tianyuan , Yang Lihua was empress dowager of Tianyuan , who lived in the "Tiantai" and called himself "Tiantai" to his subordinates. When the minister comes to see him, he must fast for three days and purify himself for one day. In the national election of beautiful women, to enrich the harem, the eighth daughter of the great general Chen Shanti Chen Yueyi, yi Tong Yuansheng's second daughter Yuan Le Shang was the most favored. Due to excessive indulgence and excessive swimming, Yuwen Yun's health deteriorated.

On May 24, 580, in the second year of the Elephant (580), Yuwen Yun was critically ill, and Liu Fang, the grand master of the Imperial Household, and Zheng Yi, the Grand Master of the Inner History, forged an edict and asked Yang Jian, the Duke of Suiguo, to accept the will and assist the imperial government. On the same day, Yuwen Yun died of illness at the Tiande Hall at the age of twenty-two, with the title of Emperor Xuan and the temple number Yuanzong, and was buried in Dingling on July 12 of the same year. In the first year of Dading (581), Yang Jian deposed Yuwen Yan and established himself, changing the name of the country to Sui, and Northern Zhou fell.