# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liu-wuzhou
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:04.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liu-wuzhou"
name: "Liu Wuzhou"
slug: "liu-wuzhou"
description: "Liu Wuzhou was a rebel leader who rose against the rule of the Chinese Sui dynasty late in the dynasty's history, and he took imperial style—although it was not completely clear whether the title he took was khan or tianzi. He was initially only able to take control of modern northern Shanxi and parts of central Inner Mongolia, but after Li Yuan established the Tang dynasty at Chang'an as its Emperor Gaozu in 618, he, with support from Eastern Tujue, briefly captured Li Yuan's initial power base of Taiyuan in 619, posing a major threat to Li Yuan's rule. In 620, Li Yuan's son Li Shimin counterattacked, and not only recaptured Taiyuan but further captured Liu's power base Mayi, forcing Liu to flee to Eastern Tujue. When Liu subsequently tried to flee back to Mayi, Eastern Tujue executed him."
tagline: "Chinese rebel leader"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "573"
deathDate: "622"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             3.052396999020897
  historical:           7.031824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%98%E6%AD%A6%E5%91%A8"
    title: "刘武周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Wuzhou"
    title: "Liu Wuzhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E6%AD%A6%E5%91%A8"
    title: "劉武周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%AC%B4%EC%A3%BC"
    title: "유무주"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Wuzhou"
    title: "Liu Wuzhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C6%B0u_V%C5%A9_Chu"
    title: "Lưu Vũ Chu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%98%E6%AD%A6%E5%91%A8"
    title: "刘武周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E6%AD%A6%E5%91%A8"
    title: "劉武周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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