# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-chen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:42:47.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-chen"
name: "Emperor Wu of Chen"
slug: "emperor-wu-of-chen"
description: "Emperor Wu of Chen, personal name Chen Baxian (陳霸先), courtesy name Xingguo (興國), childhood name Fasheng (法生), was the founding emperor of the Chen dynasty of China. He first distinguished himself as a Liang dynasty general during the campaign against the rebel general Hou Jing, and he was progressively promoted. In 555, he seized power after a coup against his superior, the general Wang Sengbian, and in 557 he forced Emperor Jing of Liang to abdicate the throne to him, thereby establishing the Chen dynasty. He died in 559, and as his only surviving son Chen Chang was held by the Northern Zhou dynasty, he was succeeded by his nephew Chen Qian."
tagline: "Founding emperor of Chen dynasty from 557 to 559"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emperor_Wu_of_Chen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "503"
deathDate: "0559-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             0.6735422749658517
  historical:           11.553648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E9%9C%B8%E5%85%88"
    title: "陈霸先"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чэнь Басянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Wu_Di"
    title: "Chen Wu Di"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Chen"
    title: "Emperor Wu of Chen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E6%AD%A6%E5%B8%9D"
    title: "陳武帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E9%9C%B8%E5%85%88"
    title: "陳霸先"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%84%ED%8C%A8%EC%84%A0"
    title: "진패선"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Wu_od_Chena"
    title: "Car Wu od Chena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чень Басянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_B%C3%A1_Ti%C3%AAn"
    title: "Trần Bá Tiên"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E9%9C%B8%E5%85%88"
    title: "陈霸先"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E6%AD%A6%E5%B8%9D"
    title: "陳武帝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2n_B%C3%BA-t%C3%A8"
    title: "Tân Bú-tè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E9%9C%B8%E5%85%88"
    title: "陳霸先"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump