The last emperor of Bei Zhou was Yuwen Chan.
In the beginning, Northern Qi was stronger than Northern Zhou. In the early days of its establishment, Northern Qi was the strongest among the three forces of Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Southern Liang. However, in the end, Bei Zhou successfully destroyed Northern Qi and unified northern China. During the reign of the third emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, the power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty continued to rise, while the fifth emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Wei, was fatuous and incompetent, causing the power of the Northern Qi Kingdom to decline. Thus, Bei Zhou won in the end. In summary, Bei Zhou won in the final battle. It could be said that Bei Zhou was more powerful.
Bei Zhou was established by Yuwen Jue.
The reason why King Zhou was called the last human emperor was because the emperors after him were regarded as the sons of the Celestial Emperor and were called the Son of Heaven. In ancient times, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor were all equal. There was no distinction between high and low. However, after King Zhou, the emperors of the human world began to pray for the blessing of the Celestial Emperor, hoping to obtain good weather and abundant grain. Therefore, King Zhou was considered to be the last emperor to be called the Human Emperor. King Wu of Zhou became the Son of Heaven, marking the end of the era of the Human Emperor and the beginning of the era of the Son of Heaven. As for why King Zhou was called the Human Emperor instead of the Son of Heaven, it might be because during the Shang Dynasty, emperors were called kings instead of the Son of Heaven.
Yang Jian and the emperor of Bei Zhou were related by marriage. Yang Jian was a relative of the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His wife was Dugu Jialuo, the mother of the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Chan. Yang Jian gradually became a prominent figure in the Northern Zhou regime. In 581, he forced Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to abdicate and become emperor himself, establishing the Sui Dynasty. There was no mention of the specific reason why the Northern Zhou Dynasty abdicated the throne to Yang Jian.
We can get information from maps of Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. The map of Bei Zhou controlled the land west of the Yellow River and north of the Qinling Mountains. Northern Qi had taken over the Jianghuai region during Hou Jing's rebellion. However, the specific map details and border information were not found in the search results provided. Thus, we are unable to provide a definite answer regarding the map details of Northern Qi and Northern Zhou.
The territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty included the Ogedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate to the west of the Altaic Mountains and to the east of the Amu Darya River, as well as the Yili Khanate to the west of the Amu Darya River and the Kipchak Khanate to the north of Khorazmo. The territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty reached the Whale Sea (the Sea of Japan) and the central part of the Korean Peninsula in the northeast, the Siberian Arctic Circle in the north, Nippon (present-day Nepal), Myanmar, and Vietnam in the southwest, and the sea in the southeast. It was extremely vast. However, there was no clear answer in the information provided as to why there was no Jiangnan in the Northern Zhou territory.
The Northern Zhou Dynasty's territory was bordered by the present-day Baiyun Obo, Baotou, Hequ, and Luoyang in the east, adjacent to the Northern Qi Dynasty. In the west, it was to the west of Lake Balikun in Xinjiang, in the south, and in the present Mengla in Yunnan, and in the north...
Before the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's territory was bordered by the present-day Baiyun Obo, Baotou, Hequ, and Luoyang. It was adjacent to the Northern Qi Dynasty. In the west, it was to the west of Lake Balikun in Xinjiang, in the south, it was to the present-day Mengla in Yunnan, and in the north, it was to the Mongolian Plateau.
In the TV series " Celebrating Years," the Northern Qi Emperor Zhan Doudou was played by Liu Meitong.
In the cast list of the Qing Yu Nian, Liu Meitong played the role of the Northern Qi Emperor.