page_title: Guo Wei
hierarchical_section_title: Guo Wei
caption_attribution_description: English: Block print portrait of Guo Wei
context_page_description: Guo Wei, also known by his temple name Taizu, was the founding emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death.
  Nicknamed "Sparrow Guo" after a sparrow-shaped tattoo on his neck, he rose to a high position in the Later Han as an assistant military commissioner. He founded the Later Zhou in 951.
context_section_description: Guo Wei (Chinese: 郭威) (10 September 904 – 22 February 954), also known by his temple name Taizu (太祖), was the founding emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death.
  Nicknamed "Sparrow Guo" (郭雀兒) after a sparrow-shaped tattoo on his neck, he rose to a high position in the Later Han as an assistant military commissioner. He founded the Later Zhou in 951.
caption: an illustration from Sancai Tuhui (1609)
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