Emperor Xuan of Chen

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Emperor Xuan of Chen 陳宣帝
Tang dynasty portrait of Emperor Xuan by Yan Liben
Emperor of the Chen dynasty
Reign	5 February 569[1] – 17 February 582
Predecessor	Emperor Fei
Successor	Emperor Houzhu
Born	Chen Shili (陳師利) 530
Died	582 (aged 51–52)
Burial	Xianning Mausoleum (顯寧陵, in present-day Yuhuatai District, Nanjing)
Consorts	Lady Qian Lady Liu of Hedong
Issue	See § Family
Names Family name: Chen (陳) Given name: Xu (頊) Courtesy name: Shaoshi (紹世) Childhood name: Shili (師利) Era name and dates Tàijiàn (太建): 569–582 Posthumous name Emperor Xiaoxuan (孝宣皇帝) Temple name Gaozong (高宗)
Dynasty	Chen dynasty
Father	Chen Daotan

Emperor Xuan of Chen (陳宣帝) (530 – 17 February 582^[2]), personal name Chen Xu (陳頊), also called Chen Tanxu (陳曇頊),^[3] courtesy name Shaoshi (紹世), childhood name Shili (師利), was an emperor of the Chen dynasty of China. He seized the throne from his nephew Emperor Fei in 569 and subsequently ruled the state for 13 years. He was considered to be a capable and diligent ruler, who at one point militarily expanded at the expense of the Northern Qi. After the Northern Qi fell to the Northern Zhou in 577, however, the Chen dynasty was cornered, and soon lost the gains it had previously made against Northern Qi. Emperor Xuan died in 582, leaving the state in the hands of his incompetent son Chen Shubao, and by 589, the Chen dynasty would be destroyed by Northern Zhou's successor state Sui dynasty.