# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-northern-zhou
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:57:36.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-wu-of-northern-zhou"
name: "Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou"
slug: "emperor-wu-of-northern-zhou"
description: "Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ( 周武帝), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei nickname Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty of China. As was the case of the reigns of his brothers Emperor Xiaomin and Emperor Ming, the early part of his reign was dominated by his cousin Yuwen Hu, but in April 572 he ambushed Yuwen Hu and seized power personally. He thereafter ruled ably and built up the power of his military, destroying the rivaling Northern Qi dynasty in 577 and annexing its territory. His death the next year, however, ended his ambitions of uniting China, and under the reign of his erratic son Emperor Xuan, Northern Zhou itself soon deteriorated and was usurped by Yang Jian, who founded the Sui dynasty, in 581."
tagline: "Northern Zhou emperor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhou_Wu_Tang.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "543"
deathDate: "578"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.855989232839838
  historical:           12.52068266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump