| Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi 北齊武成帝 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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.