Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi

Full name
	Family name: Gāo (高); Given name: Zhàn (湛);
Era dates
	Tàiníng (太寧): 561-562; Héqīng (河清): 562-565;
Posthumous name
	Wǔchéng (武成, lit. "martial and successful")
Temple name
	Shìzǔ (世祖)

Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi
北齊武成帝
Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi; 北齊武成帝
Emperor of Northern Qi
Reign	December 3, 561–June 8, 565
Predecessor	Emperor Xiaozhao
Successor	Gao Wei
Born	537
Died	January 13, 569
Burial	Yongping Mausoleum (永平陵)
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Gāo (高); Given name: Zhàn (湛);
Era dates
	Tàiníng (太寧): 561-562; Héqīng (河清): 562-565;
Posthumous name
	Wǔchéng (武成, lit. "martial and successful")
Temple name
	Shìzǔ (世祖)
House	Gao
Dynasty	Northern Qi

Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi ((北)齊武成帝) (537–569), personal name Gao Zhan (高湛; also romanized as Gao Dan), nickname Buluoji (步落稽), was an emperor of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty. In traditional Chinese historiography, he was presented as a minimally competent ruler who devoted much of his time to feasting and pleasure-seeking, neglecting the affairs of the state. The state was governed with assistance from his adviser He Shikai and other appointed administrators.^[1] In 565, he passed the throne to his young son Gao Wei, taking the title Taishang Huang (retired emperor), but continued to make key decisions. He died in 569 at the age of 31, and the Northern Qi would fall in 577.

^ Andrew Eisenberg (1 January 2008). Kingship in Early Medieval China. BRILL. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-90-04-16381-2.

[1] Andrew Eisenberg (1 January 2008). Kingship in Early Medieval China. BRILL. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-90-04-16381-2.

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