Northern Qi Dynasty
The Northern Qi Dynasty ( Chinese 北齊 / 北齐 , Pinyin Bei Qi ; 550 - 577 ) was one of the Northern dynasties in the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Chinese history and ruled northern China from 550 to 577.
She was the successor to the Eastern Wei Dynasty . The kingdoms of the northern Qi and the northern Zhou were thus successor states of the Tabgatsch Empire, since the highest general of the Eastern Wei Gao Huan was succeeded by his sons Gao Cheng and Gao Yang , who took the throne of Yuan Shanjian in 550 and who, as Emperor Wenxuan Northern Qi Dynasty founded. Because the Northern Qi state was plagued by violent and / or incompetent emperors (Emperor Wenxuan, Emperor Wucheng and Gao Wei ), corrupt officials and ailing armies, it became the strongest of the three main Chinese states when it was founded (combined with the Northern Zhou and the Chen Dynasties ) gradually weaker and finally destroyed by the Northern Zhou in 577. Emperor Wenxuan's son Gao Shaoyi , the prince of Fanyang, later declared himself emperor of the Northern Qi in exile under the protection of the Kök Turks ( Tujue in Chinese sources), but in 579 he was handed over to the Northern Zhou by the Turks, and he went into exile in Sichuan .
It is debated whether Gao Shaoyi can strictly be regarded as the emperor of Northern Qi, but in any case the year 577 is generally regarded by historians as the end of Northern Qi.
Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty 550–577
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Posthumous name (Shìhào 諡 號) |
Personal name (Xìngmíng 姓名) |
Regency (Shèzhèng 攝政) |
Era names and duration (Niánhào 年號) |
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| Northern dynasty | |||
| Chinese convention: Northern Qi + posthumous name | |||
| Wen Xuan Di (文 宣帝 wén xuān dì) | Gao Yang (高 洋 gāo yáng) | 550 - 559 | Tianbao (天保 tiān bǎo) 550–559 |
| Fei Di (廢帝 fèi dì) | Gao Yin (高 殷 gāo yīn) | 560 | Qianming (乾 明 qián míng) 560 |
| Xiao Zhao Di (孝昭 帝 xiào zhāo dì) | Gao Yan (高 演 gāo yǎn) | 560- 561 | Huangjian (皇 建 huáng jiàn) 560-561 |
| Wu Cheng Di (武成帝 wǔ chéng dì) | Gao Dan (高 湛 gāo dān) | 561- 565 | Taining (太 寧 tài níng) 561– 562 Heqing (河 清 hé qīng) 562–565 |
| Hou Zhu (後主 hòu zhǔ) | Gao Wei (高緯 gāo wěi) | 565- 577 | Tiantong (天 統 tiān tǒng) 565– 569 Wuping (武 平 wǔ píng) 570 - 576 Longhua (隆 化 lóng huà) 576 |
| You Zhu (幼 主 yòu zhǔ) | Gao Heng (高恆 gāo héng) | 577 | Chengguang (承 光 chéng guāng) 577 |
Remarks
- ↑ Gao Wei's cousin Gao Yanzong , the prince of Ande (Gao Cheng's son), declared himself emperor in 576 after the soldiers guarding the city of Jinyang (晉陽, modern Taiyuan , Shanxi ) demanded that he be granted the title when Gao Wei gave up Jinyang City. However, Gao Yanzong was immediately defeated and captured by Northern Zhou forces and is therefore not generally considered the rightful emperor of the Northern Qi.
- ↑ In the year 577 Gao Wei tried as retired emperor with the title of Taishang Huang to issue an edict in favor of his son , but to cede the throne to his uncle Gao Jie (高 湝) ( Gao Huan's son), the prince of Rencheng, but the officers he sent to deliver the edict to Gao Jie surrendered to the Northern Zhou rather than delivering the edict to Gao Jie, who was later captured by Northern Zhou forces. It is questionable whether Gao Jie knew anything about the edict, but in any case Gao Jie never used the imperial title.
- ↑ As noted above, Emperor Wenxuan's son, Gao Shaoyi , attempted to establish a Northern Qi court in exile in the Tujue area, but was unsuccessful in his efforts to recapture the former Northern Qi area and was eventually handed over to the Tujue Passed Northern Zhou. Many historians do not consider him the rightful emperor of the Northern Qi, although the subject is controversial.