Guo Wei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guo Wei

Later Zhou emperor

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-0904

Place of Birth: Longyao County, Hebei, China

Date of Death: 22-Feb-0954

Profession: monarch

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Guo Wei (??) (10 September 904 – 22 February 954), also known by his temple name Taizu (??), was the founding emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death. Nicknamed "Sparrow Guo" (???) after a sparrow-shaped tattoo on his neck, he rose to a high position in the Later Han as an assistant military commissioner.
He founded the Later Zhou in 951.