Emperor Wen of Chen

Emperor Wen of Chen 陳文帝
Tang dynasty portrait of Emperor Wen by Yan Liben
Emperor of the Chen dynasty
Reign	17 August 559[1] – 31 May 566
Predecessor	Emperor Wu
Successor	Emperor Fei
Born	522
Died	566 (aged 43–44)
Burial	Yongning Mausoleum (永寧陵, in present-day Qixia District, Nanjing)
Consorts	Empress Ande Han Zigao
Issue	Chen Bozong Chen Bomao Chen Boshan Chen Bogu Chen Bogong Chen Boxin Chen Boren Chen Boyi Chen Boli Chen Bozhi Chen Bomou Princess Feng'an Princess Fuyang
Names Family name: Chen (陳) Given name: Qian (蒨) Courtesy name: Zihua (子華) Era dates Tiān jiā (天嘉): 560-566 Tiān kāng (天康): 566 Posthumous name Emperor Wen (文皇帝) Temple name Shizu (世祖)
Dynasty	Chen dynasty
Father	Chen Daotan

Emperor Wen of Chen (陳文帝) (522 – 31 May 566^[2]), personal name Chen Qian (陳蒨), also called Chen Tanqian (陳曇蒨),^[3] courtesy name Zihua (子華), was the second emperor of the Chinese Chen dynasty. He was a nephew of the founding monarch, Emperor Wu (Chen Baxian), and after Emperor Wu's death in 559, the officials supported him to be emperor since Emperor Wu's only surviving son, Chen Chang, was detained by the Northern Zhou dynasty. At the time he took the throne, Chen had been devastated by war during the preceding Liang dynasty, and many provinces nominally loyal to him were under control of relatively independent warlords. During his reign, he consolidated the state against warlords, and he also seized territory belonging to claimants to the Liang throne, Xiao Zhuang and the Emperor Xuan of Western Liang, greatly expanding Chen's territory and strength.