# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-ming-of-northern-zhou
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:01:41.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-ming-of-northern-zhou"
name: "Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou"
slug: "emperor-ming-of-northern-zhou"
description: "Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou ( 周明帝), personal name Yuwen Yu (宇文毓), Xianbei name Tongwantu (統萬突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty, although at the start of his reign he used the alternative title \"Heavenly Prince\". He was made emperor after his younger brother Emperor Xiaomin was deposed and killed by the regent Yuwen Hu. Emperor Ming himself assumed some, but not all, powers from Yuwen Hu, and was generally considered able. Because of this, Yuwen Hu became apprehensive, and in 560, he poisoned Emperor Ming to death. While near death, however, Emperor Ming appointed his brother Yuwen Yong as his successor, believing Yuwen Yong to be intelligent and capable, and in 572, Yuwen Yong was finally able to kill Yuwen Hu and assume full imperial powers."
tagline: "Northern Zhou emperor"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "534"
deathDate: "560"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.81195733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ဧကရာဇ်မင်"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Car Ming od Sjevernog Zhoua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Юйвень Юй"
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  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%AFc_Chu_Minh_%C4%90%E1%BA%BF"
    title: "Bắc Chu Minh Đế"
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    title: "周明帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump