Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ((北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led...

With Emperor Wu as a capable ruler, Northern Zhou destroyed rival Northern Qi in 577, taking over Northern Qi's territory. However, Emperor Wu's death...

Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou (北周宣帝) (559 – 22 June 580), personal name Yuwen Yun (宇文贇), courtesy name Qianbo (乾伯), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led...

Zhou, known in historiography as the Wu Zhou (Chinese: 武周), Southern Zhou (Chinese: 南周), Second Zhou or Restored Zhou, was a short-lived Chinese imperial...

emperor of the Chen dynasty of China Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (543–578), an emperor of the Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou Empress Wu Zetian (625–705), from...

Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou ((北)周明帝) (534 – 30 May 560), personal name Yuwen Yu (宇文毓), Xianbei name Tongwantu (統萬突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led...

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 Northern Zhou forces' arrival, they were captured and taken to the Northern Zhou capital Chang'an. There in winter 577, the Emperor Wu of Northern...

subsequent emperors; all subsequent emperors of the Western Han were descendants of Emperor Wu, while all emperors of the Eastern Han were descendants of his...

Emperor Fei of Chen (554–570) Emperor Houzhu of Chen (553–604) Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (526–559) Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (543–578) Emperor...

and ruled as female emperor of the Wu Zhou dynasty of China from 690 to 705. She was the only female sovereign in the history of China widely regarded...

gains against Northern Qi, but was not making major attacks. In winter 576, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou launched a major attack on Northern Qi, quickly...

empress of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty. She was the daughter of Göktürk's third khagan Muqan Qaghan, and her husband was Emperor Wu. Ashina...

Yuan Hong (Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei) (467–499) Emperor Wu of Liang (464–549) Emperor Wu of Chen (503–559) Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (543–578)...

great general Hulü Guang in 572. Rival Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou launched a major attack in 576, and Northern Qi forces collapsed. Gao Wei, who formally...

579, Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou (Emperor Wu's son and successor) launched an attack on Chen, commanded by the general Wei Xiaokuan. Chen's Emperor Xuan...

Wu of Zhou may refer to: King Wu of Zhou (fl. 11th century BC) Emperor Wu of Zhou (543–578), emperor of Northern Zhou Empress Wu of Zhou (624–705), or...

Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou ((北)周孝閔帝) (542 – c. early November 557), personal name Yuwen Jue (宇文覺), nickname Dharani (陀羅尼), was the founder of the...

Qing. In 1678, Wu declared himself the new Emperor of China and the ruler of Zhou, only to die within months. For a time, his grandson Wu Shifan succeeded...

officials supported him to be emperor since Emperor Wu's only surviving son, Chen Chang, was detained by the Northern Zhou dynasty. At the time he took...

stroke of fortune, Northern Zhou's Emperor Wu suddenly died and his general Yang Jian attempted to take the throne. This stopped the southern advance of the...

Western Liang and Northern Zhou, seeking aid from both. Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou and his regent Yuwen Hu commissioned Emperor Wu's brother Yuwen Zhi...

Chang, Xin; Ren, Xiaoying; Xu, Yiran; Zhou, Qi (March 2024). "Ancient genome of the Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub...

Emperor Wu of Chen (Chinese: 陳武帝; 503– 9 August 559), personal name Chen Baxian (陳霸先), courtesy name Xingguo (興國), childhood name Fasheng (法生), was the...

was ultimately defeated and killed. In 576, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou launched a major attack on Northern Qi, capturing Pingyang (平陽, in modern Linfen...

Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87 BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign...

Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (known as the "Second Disaster of Wu"). For many monks and laypeople in Chinese history, self-immolation was a form of Buddhist...

Emperor Wu of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋武帝; traditional Chinese: 晉武帝; pinyin: Jìn Wǔ Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Wu-Ti; 236 – 16 May 290), personal name Sima...

is raised as Yang Lihua and marries Emperor Xuan. She and her daughter Lihua were both Empresses of Northern Zhou. The second daughter Dugu Mantuo is...

wife Empress Wu (the future Wu Zetian), and her decrees were carried out with greater force than the decrees of Emperor Gaozong's. Emperor Gaozong was...