article_title dynasty birth_date death_date
emperor jing of northern zhou
 northern zhou 573 581 -- march 4 , 581
emperor jing of northern zhou

emperor jing of northern zhou -lrb- -lrb- 北 -rrb- 周靜帝 -rrb- -lrb- 573 -- 581 -rrb- , personally name né yuwen yan -lrb- 宇文衍 -rrb- , later yuwen chan -lrb- 宇文闡 -rrb- , was the last emperor of the xianbei dynasty northern zhou .
he became emperor at the age of six , after his father emperor xuan formally passed the throne to him , but emperor xuan retained the imperial powers .
after emperor xuan 's death in 580 , the official yang jian , the father of emperor xuan 's wife yang lihua , seized power as regent .
yang soon defeated the general yuchi jiong , who tried to resist him , and in 581 had the young emperor jing yield the throne to him , ending northern zhou and establishing sui dynasty .
yang soon had the young emperor , as well as other members of northern zhou 's imperial yuwen clan , put to death .
