Emperor Wen of Sui

Full name
	Family name: Yang (Chinese: 楊, Yáng) ; Given name: Jian (Chinese: 堅, Jiān)
Era dates
	Kāihuáng Chinese: 開皇 (581–600); Rénshòu Chinese: 仁壽 (601–604)
Posthumous name
	Wen (Chinese: 文, wén); literary meaning: "civil"
Temple name
	Gaozu (Chinese: 高祖, gāo zǔ)

Yang Jian
Yang Jian
1st Emperor of Sui Dynasty
Reign	4 March 581 – 13 August 604
Successor	Emperor Yangdi
Born	21 July 541; Chang'an, Northern Zhou
Died	13 August 604 (aged 63); Renshou Palace, Baoji, Sui China
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Yang (Chinese: 楊, Yáng) ; Given name: Jian (Chinese: 堅, Jiān)
Era dates
	Kāihuáng Chinese: 開皇 (581–600); Rénshòu Chinese: 仁壽 (601–604)
Posthumous name
	Wen (Chinese: 文, wén); literary meaning: "civil"
Temple name
	Gaozu (Chinese: 高祖, gāo zǔ)
Father	Yang Zhong, Duke of Sui
Mother	Lü Kutao

Emperor Wen of Sui (Chinese: 隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), founded the Sui Dynasty (581–618 AD).

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