Yu Wenyong (D578,543) was born in Wuchuan (now Wuchuan, Inner Mongolia), the fourth son of Yu Wentai, the literary emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the third emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He was in office from 560 to 578. During the reign of Yu Wenyong, in order to get rid of the old customs of Xianbei, Yuwen Hu, a powerful minister, was killed. Rectify the official management, make the Northern Zhou Dynasty politically clear, people's lives stable and the country strong. Yuwen Yong lives frugally and can care about the sufferings of the people in time. In 575 AD, Yu Wenyong attacked Beiqi on a large scale and destroyed Beiqi a year and a half later. In 578 AD, Yu Wenyong led an army to attack the Turks in five ways and died before leaving. He died at the age of 36. Emperor Wu of posthumous title, the temple name is Gaozu.

Yu Wenyong, born in Tongzhou in the 9th year of the Western Wei Dynasty (543), is the fourth son of Yu Wentai, the powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty and the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the younger brother of Emperor Xiaozong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Yuwen Yu of Ming Di in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His mother is the Empress Dowager.

Yu Wenyong, filial from childhood, intelligent and knowledgeable. His father, Yu Wentai, said: The person who will inherit my great cause must be Yuwen Yong.

When Yu Wenyong was twelve years old, he was made Duke of Fucheng. After Yuwen Jue proclaimed himself emperor and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he became a general and went out of the city with the state. After Yu Wenyu ascended the throne, Emperor Ming of Zhou moved to Zhu Guo, where he was awarded the military post and the secretariat of Zhou Pu. In the first year of Wucheng (559), he served as a general, ruled the imperial court, and made Duke Lu the master. Very Ming Di's favor, court events, many involved. Yuwen Yong is calm and far-sighted. Unless he is a consultant, he will never say anything. Ming Di often sighs that if your wife doesn't say anything, she will keep her word.