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.