Emperor Fei of Western Wei
| Yuan Qin 元欽 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of Western Wei | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | March 28, 551 – c.March 554 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Wen | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Emperor Gong | ||||||||||||||||
| Regent | Yuwen Tai | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | May or June 554 | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Yuan | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Western Wei | ||||||||||||||||
Yuan Qin (Chinese: 元欽), known in historiography as Emperor Fei of Western Wei ((西)魏廢帝; lit. "deposed") (died May or June 554), was an emperor of China's Xianbei-led Western Wei dynasty. He, even more so than his father Emperor Wen, held little actual power in the face of overwhelming control of power by his father-in-law paramount general Yuwen Tai. In 554, he tried to plot to have Yuwen killed, but his plot was discovered, and Yuwen deposed him, and soon had him killed. Yuan Qin also holds the distinction of being 1 of 2 known Chinese Emperors that did not have any concubines, along with Hongzhi Emperor.