Gao Huan
| Gao Huan | |||||||||
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| Regent of Eastern Wei | |||||||||
| Reign | 534-547 | ||||||||
| Successor | Gao Cheng | ||||||||
| Monarch | Emperor Xiaojing | ||||||||
| Born | 496 | ||||||||
| Died | 547 (aged 50–51) | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Lou Zhaojun Princess Ruru |
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| Father | Gao Shusheng, Emperor Wenmu | ||||||||
| Mother | Han Qiji, Empress Wenmu | ||||||||
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| Emperor Shenwu 神武皇帝 | |
| Temple name | |
| Gaozu 高祖 |
Gao Huan (simplified Chinese: 高欢; traditional Chinese: 高歡; pinyin: Gāo Huān) (496–547), courtesy name Heliuhun (賀六渾), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi (齊獻武王), later further formally honored by Northern Qi initially as Emperor Xianwu (獻武皇帝), then as Emperor Shenwu (神武皇帝,) with the temple name Gaozu (高祖), was the Han Chinese paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei and Northern Wei's branch successor state Eastern Wei. Though being ethnically Han, Gao was deeply affected by Xianbei culture and was often considered more Xianbei than Han by his contemporaries. During his career, he and his family became firmly in control of the government of Eastern Wei, and eventually, in 550, his son Gao Yang forced Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei to yield the throne to him, establishing the Gao clan as the imperial clan of a new Northern Qi state.
Gao Huan was born in 496, at Northern Wei's northern garrison town Huaishuo (懷朔鎮, near Guyang in modern Baotou, Inner Mongolia). He was ethnically Han, but his family, having resided at Huaishuo ever since his grandfather Gao Mi (高謐) was exiled there for faults while serving as a Northern Wei official, had largely been acculturated in the Xianbei ways. (Gao Huan's nickname Heliuhun was a Xianbei name.) His father was named Gao Shusheng (高樹生), and his mother was Han Qiji（韩期姬）, Gao Shusheng's wife, who died soon after his birth, and he was raised at the house of his older sister Gao Loujin（高娄斤） and her husband, Wei Jing (尉景). In his young days, his family was poor, and he became a servant at the old Northern Wei capital Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi). While serving at Pingcheng, Lou Zhaojun an ethnic Xianbei, and the daughter of a wealthy house, saw him and was impressed with his appearance and behavior, and she married him despite opposition. It was only after this marriage that Gao had sufficient money to buy a horse, and he became a courier for the Pingcheng defense headquarters, often delivering official mail to and from the capital Luoyang.
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