Introduction to The Western Wei Deposed Emperor Yuanqin How did the Western Wei Deposed Emperor Yuanqin die?

Emperor Yuanqin of Western Wei (525-554), the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Western Wei, was empress Dowager Yifu (乙福皇后), the second emperor of Western Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, reigning from 551 to 554.

Born in Fanyang (present-day Beijing) in 525, he ascended the throne in 551, following the name of Emperor Wen and the year of last year in 552, called the first year. Yuan Baoju reigned for 17 years, died of illness in 551, and Yuan Qin took the throne. During the Yuan Qin period, Yuwen Tai monopolized the government and fought fierce battles with Eastern Wei many times. The Western Wei military and government were reformed. In 554, he was deposed by Yuwen Tai and was soon poisoned.

Biography of Yuan Qin

Early life

Yuan Qin was the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Western Wei, Yuan Baoju, and his mother was Empress Wen of the Yifu clan (乙弗皇后). On the first day of the first lunar month in the first year of the reign (535), Yuan Qin's father, Yuan Baoju, took the throne as emperor and established the Western Wei regime, known as Emperor Wen of Western Wei. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yuan Baoju established Yuan Qin as crown prince.

In July of the fourth year of the reign (538), Dugu xin was besieged by the Eastern Wei generals Hou Jing and Gao Ao Cao, and Du Guxin complained to the imperial court, and Yuan Baoju and Yu Wentai, the chancellor, rescued Du Guxin, and ordered Shangshu Zuo's servant Zhou Huida to assist the crown prince Yuan Qin in guarding Chang'an. In August, the Western Wei army was defeated, and there were very few soldiers left in the Guanzhong area, and the Eastern Wei soldiers captured before and after were scattered among the people, and when they heard that the Western Wei troops had been defeated, they tried to rebel. When Li Hu and the others came to Chang'an, they could not think of a good countermeasure, so they and Wang Meng, the servant Zhou Huida, and others served the crown prince Yuan Qin out of the city and garrisoned in the Weibei region.

In the eighth year of the reign (542), when Gao Huan, the Eastern Wei chancellor, led an army to attack Western Wei, Yuwen Tai ordered Wang Sizheng to guard Yubi in order to cut off Gao Huan's retreat. In October, Gao Huan commanded his troops to surround Yubi, which coincided with heavy snowfall, and the Eastern Wei soldiers were hungry and cold, and there were many deaths, so the Eastern Wei troops lifted the siege and retreated. Yuan Baoju sent the crown prince Yuan Qinzhen to guard Pusaka.

Ascended the throne as emperor

On the sixth day of the first month of March in the seventeenth year of the reign (551), Yuan Baoju died, and the crown prince Yuan Qin succeeded to the throne, and the history is called the Western Wei Emperor. Concubine Yuwen was made empress (宇文皇后). After Yuan Qin succeeded to the throne, he did not establish a year name, called the first year.

Pamper the Queen

Empress Yuwen of Yuanqin was the daughter of Yuwen Tai, a western Wei vassal. When Yuan Qin was crown prince, Nayu wen was made a princess concubine, and after Yuan Qin succeeded to the throne, she was made empress. Yuwen Zhi Cao Mingxiu, good character, deeply loved by Yuan Qin, the two are very much in love. For this reason, Yuan Qin did not put a concubine on the throne.

How did Yuan Qin die

In the western Wei dynasty, the great power was in the hands of Yuwen Tai, and the imperial power of the Yuan clan existed in name only, and many Yuan clan relatives were indignant about this. In November of the second year of the Western Wei Dynasty (553), Shangshu Yuan secretly murdered Yuwen Tai, the matter was leaked, and he was killed by Yuwen Tai.

In the first month of the third year (554) of the western Wei dynasty, Yuan Qin was indignant about Yuan Lie's death, plotted to kill Yuwen Tai and regain power, and Yuan Yu, the king of Linhuai, Yuan Zan, and others were weeping and cutting advice, but Yuan Qin did not listen. At that time, Yuwen Tai's sons-in-law Li Ji (Li Yuan's second son) the Duke of Qinghe, Li Hui (Li Bi's second son) the Duke of Yicheng, and Yu Yi (Yu Jin's second son) the Duke of Changshan were in charge of the forbidden army, so the matter was leaked, and Yuwen Tai deposed Yuan Qin and imprisoned him in Yongzhou. Yuan Qin's fourth brother, Wang Yuankuo of Qi, was made emperor for Emperor Gong of Western Wei. In April of the same year, Yuwen Tai killed Yuan Qin, and Empress Yuwen was also killed for her loyalty to Wei.