Emperor Fei of Western Wei

Yuan Qin
元欽
Emperor of Western Wei
ReignMarch 28, 551 – c.March 554
PredecessorEmperor Wen
SuccessorEmperor Gong
RegentYuwen Tai
Bornunknown
DiedMay or June 554
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HouseYuan
DynastyWestern 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.