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to their camp to discuss peace. Chen sent Xiao
Yuanming to Northern Qi camp, but before talks could begin, Xiao Yuanming died from a severe infection on his back. By summer 556, Northern Qi forces were again descending on Jiankang, but once there, their forces stalemated with Chen's forces. Northern Qi forces' food supplies soon ran out, and Chen defeated them, killing Xu and capturing a number of Northern Qi generals, whom Chen executed. (In response, Northern Qi executed Chen Tanlang, although Chen Baxian never found out during his lifetime.) Meanwhile, Hou Tian, having been defeated by another general, Hou Ping (侯平), chose to submit to Chen.
394:. Xiao Ying sent the generals Sun Jiong (孫冏) and Lu Zixiong (盧子雄) to attack Lý Bôn, with Xiao Ying overseeing the operations. In spring 542, Xiao Ying and Xiao Zi ordered Sun and Lu to attack, despite Sun and Lu's request to delay the attack to fall 542 due to fears that hot temperature could cause illnesses. When Lý Bôn crushed their forces with heavy casualties, Xiao Zi falsely accused Sun and Lu of working in concert with Lý Bôn, and Emperor Wu ordered Sun and Lu to commit suicide. Lu Zixiong's brothers Lu Zilüe (盧子略) and Lu Zilie (盧子烈) and subordinates, the brothers Du Tianhe (杜天合) and
519:). In 552, after they had sworn a solemn oath to Liang, they advanced east toward Jiankang, where Hou had killed Xiao Gang (who had succeeded Emperor Wu as Emperor Jianwen) and taken the throne himself as Emperor of Han. Chen was instrumental in the subsequent siege of Jiankang, and they defeated Hou together, causing Hou to flee. Subsequently, Hou was killed by his own men. For Chen's contributions, Xiao Yi created Chen the Marquess of Changcheng—Chen's home county. Wang put Chen in charge of the important city Jingkou (京口, in modern
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Sengbian's son Wang Wei (王頠) marry Chen's daughter, although the marriage had not been established on account of the recent death of Wang
Sengbian's mother. in fall 555, believing reports that Northern Qi was going to attack, Wang sent his secretary Jiang Gan (江旰) to Jingkou to alert Chen. Chen instead detained Jiang and started a surprise attack on Wang. With Wang not suspecting that an attack would occur, Chen quickly reached Wang's headquarters at
402:, attacked the capital of Guang Province, wanting to kill Xiao Zi and Xiao Ying to avenge Lu Zixiong. Xiao Ying ordered Chen to engage them, and he defeated them, killing Du Tianhe and capturing Du Sengming and Zhou. Believing that Du Sengming and Zhou were both good soldiers, he released them and retained them on his staff. For this accomplishment, Emperor Wu created Chen the Viscount of Xin'an, and while he did not summon Chen to the capital
31:
421:), he was ordered to rendezvous with the new governor of Giao Châu Province, Yang Piao (楊瞟), and another nephew of Emperor Wu's, Xiao Bo (蕭勃), to attack Lý Bôn. Xiao Bao did not want to set out on the campaign, and therefore tried to persuade Yang not to advance. Chen persuaded Yang otherwise, and in spring 545, Yang, with Chen as his lieutenant, attacked Lý Bôn, defeating him and forcing him to flee into the mountains and conduct
691:). Empress Zhang, after consulting the officials Du Leng (杜稜) and Cai Jingli (蔡景歷), chose not to announce Emperor Wu's death and summoned Chen Qian back from Nanhuan. The imperial officials decided to support Chen Qian as emperor, and while Empress Zhang was initially hesitant, hoping that Chen Chang would return, she eventually agreed, and Chen Qian took the throne as Emperor Wen.
671:), was accepting overtures from both sides but refusing to actually obey either side. Not able to make progress in his campaign against the new Chen state, Wang sought help from Northern Qi and requested that it return Xiao Zhuang to be emperor. Soon, Northern Qi returned Xiao Zhuang, and Wang Lin declared Xiao Zhuang emperor at Ying Province (郢州, modern eastern
479:, enticed the governor of Guang Province, Yuan Jingzhong (元景仲), a member of Northern Wei's imperial Yuan clan, to join him, and when Chen received the news, he publicly announced Yuan's treachery and gathered the troops of the nearby generals to attack Yuan. Yuan committed suicide, and Chen welcomed Xiao Bo, then the governor of Ding Province (定州, roughly modern
635:, suspicious of Chen's intentions, refused his summon to Jiankang and prepared for battle instead. Chen sent Zhou and Hou Andu against Wang Lin. In winter 557, Chen had Emperor Jing yield the throne to him, establishing Chen dynasty as its Emperor Wu. He created Emperor Jing the Prince of Jiangyin. He posthumously honored his parents emperor and
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Chen, however, was unhappy about the situation, believing Xiao
Yuanming to be unworthy of the throne. Despite Wang Sengbian's knowledge of Chen's displeasure, however, Wang did not suspect Chen of having any rebellious intentions, as they had been friendly, and Wang and Chen had agreed on having Wang
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In summer 558, Emperor Wu had the former
Emperor Jing of Liang killed. He sent Hou Tian and Xu Du (徐度) to attack Wang Lin, but soon negotiated a peace with Wang Lin, after Wang's general Yu Xiaoqing (余孝頃) was defeated by the independent general Zhou Di (周迪), satrap of Linchuan (Jiangxi). (Meanwhile,
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During the next year, Chen began to receive greater and greater titles and offices, progressing from being the
Marquess of Changcheng to Duke of Changcheng to Duke of Yixing to Duke of Chen to Prince of Chen. In 557, Xiao Bo declared a resistance against Chen from Guang Province. Soon, however, Zhou
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By spring 556, Du had either been captured or surrendered to Zhou and Chen Qian, and Chen Baxian executed Du. Wang
Sengzhi fled to Northern Qi, and the capital region was largely under Chen Baxian's control. Meanwhile, Northern Qi forces were preparing another attack, but they invited Xiao Yuanming
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When Chen Baxian was young, he was considered ambitious, not caring about managing properties. As he grew older, he studied military strategies and learned various fighting techniques. Initially, he married a daughter of Qian
Zhongfang (錢仲方), who was also from Wuxing Commandery, but she died early.
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the
Marquess of Zhenyang—whom Eastern Wei had taken captive in 547—back to Liang to be emperor. Wang initially rejected Xiao Yuanming, but after his forces lost a few battles to Northern Qi forces, changed his mind and decided to accept Xiao Yuanming as emperor after extracting a promise from Xiao
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Meanwhile, news that
Emperor Wu had accepted the throne had reached the front where Zhou Wenyu and Hou Andu were engaging Wang Lin, greatly depressing Zhou and Hou's forces, as this removed a major appeal that they had—that Wang was being a rebel for refusing to follow Emperor Jing's orders. Wang
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Despite
Northern Qi aid, Xu and Ren could not defeat Chen, and Chen put Shitou, which the Northern Qi general Liu Damo (柳達摩) had captured, under siege. Liu sought peace, but requested Chen to send his relatives as hostages to Northern Qi. Most officials advocated peace, and Chen, despite his
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and his general Zhou Wenyu against Du and Du's ally Wei Zai (韋載), but the campaign was inconclusive, and Chen subsequently went to attack himself. Meanwhile, Xu and Ren, aided by Northern Qi, made a surprise attack on Jiankang, nearly capturing it, but were repelled by Chen's general
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For the next year, Chen advanced north through modern Jiangxi, fighting the various local warlords and generals loyal to Hou, with his main struggle against Li Qianshi (李遷仕). In spring 551, he captured and killed Li. Xiao Yi made him the governor of Jiang Province (江州, roughly modern
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recorded that he first fell ill on 31 Jul 559 ((丁酉,高祖不豫,...). By 4 Aug, there was some improvement in his illness, just as Zhou Wenyu's coffin reached Jianchang (辛丑,高祖疾小瘳。故司空周文育之柩至自建昌。). His condition worsened after mourning for Zhou on 5 Aug (壬寅,高祖素服哭于东堂,哀甚。), and he died four days
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launched a major attack on Jiangling, and Emperor Yuan summoned Wang to come to his aid, putting Chen in charge of Jiankang. Before Wang could reach Jiangling, however, Western Wei had already captured Jiangling, killing Emperor Yuan and declaring his nephew
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Immediately, Chen faced resistance from the generals Xu Sihui (徐嗣徽), Ren Yue (任約), and Hou Tian (侯瑱), and Wang Sengbian's brother Wang Sengzhi (王僧智) and son-in-law Du Kan (杜龕). (Du was the governor of Chen's home commandery of Wuxing, and the historian
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In summer 559, Emperor Wu suffered a major illness and died suddenly. At that time, the only close relative of his in Chen territory, his nephew Chen Qian the Prince of Linchuan, was away building a fort at Nanhuan (南皖, in modern
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defeated Zhou and Hou and captured them. After doing so, however, both Chen forces and Wang Lin's forces were stalemated by the fact that the general Lu Xida (魯悉達), who controlled Northern Jiang Province (北江州, roughly modern
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had speculated that Du's disrespect for Chen and his curbing of special privileges that Chen's clan was exerting in Wuxing might have been an impetus for Chen's rebellion against Wang.) Chen initially sent his nephew
589:(a fortress near Jiankang), capturing and killing Wang Sengbian and Wang Wei. He took over control of the imperial government, forcing Xiao Yuanming to abdicate and making Xiao Fangzhi emperor (as Emperor Jing).
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Yuanming to make Xiao Fangzhi crown prince. In summer 555, Xiao Yuanming arrived at Jiankang to take the throne, and he created Xiao Fangzhi crown prince. Wang and Chen continued to be in charge of the military.
655:'s tooth and held a major Buddhist festival. He also, following the lead of Liang's Emperor Wu, offered himself to Buddha's service on one occasion. He made several requests to Western Wei's successor state
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the Prince of Jin'an—Emperor Yuan's only surviving son—to Jiankang, preparing to make him emperor and first having him take the title Prince of Liang. (When Jiankang fell, Chen's son Chen Chang and nephew
413:. In winter 544, Xiao Ying died, and initially, Chen started escorting Xiao Ying's casket back to Jiankang for burial. On the way, while he was still at Dayu Mountain (大庾嶺, on the borders of modern
487:) to take over Guang Province. In winter 549, against Xiao Bo's request, Chen took his troops and embarked on a campaign to join the fight against Hou, sending messengers to Emperor Wu's son
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the Prince of Yongjia, and Wang Min (王珉), the son of the key official Wang Chong (王沖), as hostages, permitting Northern Qi forces to withdraw, and Xu and Ren withdrew with them.
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Zhou Wenyu and Hou escaped from Wang's custody and returned to Chen, although Zhou was soon assassinated by the independent general Xiong Tanlang (熊曇朗), on 19 July 559.)
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hostage. After Jiankang's fall, Hou, who had initially claimed that he wanted to restore Northern Wei's imperial clan to power, from the control of the
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to return Chen Chang and Chen Xu, and while Northern Zhou promised to do so, they would actually not be returned in Emperor Wu's lifetime.
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had other ideas, and he sent his brother Gao Huan (高渙) the Prince of Shangdang to command an army to escort Emperor Yuan's cousin
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skepticism about such a peace holding, agreed, and sent his nephew Chen Tanlang (陳曇朗), Emperor Yuan's grandson
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defeated Xiao Bo's general Ouyang Wei (歐陽頠), and Xiao Bo was killed by his own generals. At the same time,
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rather than at Jiankang) summoned Wang on campaigns, Wang would put Chen in charge of Jiankang.
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succeeded him and attacked Ai Province (愛州, centered on modern
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110:Empress Xuan
107:Empress Zhao
81:9 August 559
40:Chen dynasty
2074:16 Kingdoms
1880:Southern Qi
1047:Chen Wenzan
613:Xiao Zhuang
545:Western Wei
529:Northern Qi
459:Eastern Wei
396:Du Sengming
334:Jin dynasty
330:Han dynasty
302:Chen Wenzan
243:Chen Baxian
216:Chen Wenzan
186:Temple name
144:Family name
83:(559-08-09)
58:Emperor Wen
2174:559 deaths
2169:503 births
2143:Categories
2066:3 Kingdoms
1527:References
1475:Empress An
942:Chen Daoju
831:Shen Wuhua
745:Chen Chang
400:Zhou Wenyu
354:Chen Chang
350:Chen Chang
282:Chen Chang
192:Gaozu (高祖)
149:Given name
146:: Chen (陳)
122:Chen Chang
98:, Nanjing)
1993:Xiao Cong
1673:, vol. 9.
891:Chen Meng
868:Chen Yong
600:Chen Qian
533:Jiangling
521:Zhenjiang
477:Gao Cheng
470:Xiao Gang
443:Guangdong
419:Guangdong
384:Giao Châu
366:Guangdong
326:Confucian
290:Chen Qian
224:Lady Dong
54:Successor
1988:Xiao Kui
1983:Xiao Cha
1845:Liu Shao
1822:Liu Song
1810:Emperors
1773:557–559
1745:557–559
1683:, vols.
1657:, vols.
1625:, vol.02
1584:, vol.02
1582:Chen Shu
1578:Yongding
1549:Yongding
842:Ancestry
767:Unknown
718:孝懷皇太子 陳克
625:Wang Lin
605:Hou Andu
567:Chang'an
550:Xiao Cha
543:In 554,
513:Jiujiang
455:Hou Jing
439:Zhaoqing
404:Jiankang
322:Chen Shi
318:Zhejiang
270:Hou Jing
104:Consorts
1945:Jianwen
1812:of the
1647:Reading
788:長沙思王 陳權
776:豫章獻王 陳立
750:衡陽獻王 陳昌
637:empress
595:Bo Yang
563:Chen Xu
525:Jiangsu
517:Jiangxi
505:Jiangxi
489:Xiao Yi
485:Guangxi
481:Guigang
435:Vietnam
415:Jiangxi
358:Chen Ke
260:of the
258:emperor
254:Fasheng
250:Xingguo
245:(陳霸先),
235:Chinese
202:Dynasty
2106:W. Xia
2035:Houzhu
1850:Xiaowu
1639:later.
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1566:bingwu
826:吳興 沈君理
732:宣皇后 章氏
706:昭皇后 錢氏
695:Family
685:Anqing
665:Anqing
653:Buddha
587:Shitou
474:regent
392:Lý Bôn
314:Huzhou
237::
221:Mother
213:Father
90:Burial
2050:Shang
1928:Liang
1545:yihai
817:會稽穆公主
689:Anhui
673:Hubei
669:Anhui
649:relic
643:Reign
633:Hubei
629:Hunan
497:Hubei
138:Names
117:Issue
46:Reign
2122:Qing
2118:Ming
2114:Yuan
2102:Song
2098:Liao
2090:Tang
2054:Zhou
2030:Xuan
2007:Chen
1965:Jing
1955:Yuan
1908:Ming
1870:Shun
1860:Ming
1835:Shao
1603:ISBN
797:永世公主
759:玉華公主
417:and
398:and
78:Died
68:Born
2130:PRC
2126:ROC
2110:Jīn
2086:Sui
2070:Jìn
2062:Han
2058:Qin
2046:Xia
2025:Fei
2020:Wen
1960:Min
1888:Gao
1840:Wen
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73:503
24:陳武帝
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