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1,400-year-old tomb of emperor in China reveals evidence of royal power struggle among brothers and a warlord

September 28, 2023
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1,400-year-old tomb of emperor in China reveals evidence of royal power struggle among brothers and a warlord
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An unearthed tomb on the outskirts of the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province.

The tomb was unearthed on the outskirts of the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province, in an area with other high-status tombs. It dates from A.D. 557.
(Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)

The 1,400-year-old tomb of a Chinese emperor confirms a political power struggle between royal brothers and a warlord that, until now, was known only from historical records.

The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported last week that archaeologists had unearthed the tomb near the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province, about 560 miles (900 kilometers) southwest of Beijing.

The report said the tomb holds the remains of Emperor Xiaomin — also known by his personal name, Yuwen Jue — who is regarded as the founder of the Northern Zhou dynasty in 557. But historians say Jue was deposed and executed after ruling for only a few months and that he wasn’t proclaimed emperor until decades later.

The newfound tomb near Xianyang is inscribed with an epitaph, written in characters painted with cinnabar, a red mineral form of mercuric sulfide. It describes Jue as “Duke of Lueyang,” which was his official rank at the time of his death, and not as emperor.

Related: 3,000-year-old gold funeral mask unearthed in noble’s tomb in China

Imperial tomb

We see the Tomb's courtyard below the ground in an excavation.

An inscription on the tomb describes the person buried there as a “duke,” but he was later recognized as the first emperor of the Northern Zhao dynasty. (Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)

According to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology, which is working on the excavations, the tomb was found in an area northwest of Xianyang that has many high-status tombs from that time.

A tomb belonging to Jue’s younger brother was previously found nearby, while the tomb of yet another brother, Yuwen Yong — Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou — is about 5 miles (8 km) to the east.

The newfound tomb is a single earthen chamber about 184 feet (56 meters) long and about 33 feet (10 m) deep.

At some point, the tomb was disturbed by grave robbers, but the archaeologists unearthed 146 artifacts buried there as grave goods, including terra-cotta figurines and pottery, according to Xinhua.

Power struggle

A camel or horse figurine against a black background.

Although the tomb was plundered by grave-robbers at a later date, archaeologists were able to unearth 146 buried relics, including pottery and terracotta figurines. (Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)

Experts say the inscription on the tomb provides the first physical evidence of the political struggle that took place during the founding of the Northern Zhou dynasty, which had been described only in historical writings.

At that time, China was fractured into several kingdoms plagued by civil wars and political chaos — a period historians call the time of the Northern and Southern dynasties, between 420 and 589.

Historian Albert Dien, a professor emeritus of Chinese at Stanford University who was not involved with the tomb’s discovery, told Live Science that Jue had been installed on the imperial throne by his cousin and guardian, the warlord Yuwen Hu.

Jue was the son of Yuwen Tai, a powerful general of the Western Wei dynasty who died in 556, and with Hu’s support, Jue ascended the throne in 557.

But Jue rebelled against control by Hu, so Hu had him deposed and executed a few months later, replacing him with another brother, Yuwen Yu — Emperor Ming.

A man on a horse figurine against a black background.

Archaeologists say the inscription on the tomb confirms a power struggle for the throne that until now was known only from historical records. (Image credit: Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology)

Hu eventually poisoned Yu, and then controlled the Northern Zhou dynasty through puppet rulers until he was assassinated in 572 by a clique loyal to yet another brother, Yuwen Yong, who had become Emperor Wu.

Jue was proclaimed the first emperor of the Northern Zhao dynasty only after Yong dispatched Hu, roughly 37 years after Jue’s death, Dien said. As a result, the inscription on the newfound tomb near Xianyang shows Jue had been buried as a duke when he died, and not as an emperor.

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Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom. Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans. He has also written for the BBC, NBC News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Air & Space, and many others.

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