Yang Zhong (507-568), whose real name is 1, was born in Huayin (now Huayin, Shaanxi Province), the thirteenth grandson of Yang Zhen, the father of Yang Jian, the Emperor Wendi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and one of the generals of the 12 military offices in the Western Wei Dynasty. Yang Zhong is handsome, burly, with high martial arts, wide knowledge and great caliber. He is a general. At the beginning, he fought side by side with Du. When the Northern Wei Dynasty split the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei, Yang Zhong joined the Western Wei camp and was highly valued by Prime Minister Yu Wentai. He led the army to capture Doutai, captured Shayuan and defeated Nanliang. He was promoted to general, commander-in-chief and general of various military units in ancient times, and was given the surname of Pu. After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Zhong successively served as Xiao Zongbo, Da Sikong and Zhu Guo Jiangjun, and became the Duke of Sui. Yang Zhong led the army to defeat the army of Beiqi many times and once captured more than 20 cities in Beiqi. In the third year of Tianhe (568), Yang Zhong died of illness at the age of 62. Postponing Taibao, the governor of Tongzhou and Shuozhou, the military commander, and the secretariat of Tongzhou. Office unchanged, posthumous title Huan. After his son Emperor Wendi established the Sui Dynasty, posthumous title Yang Zhong became Emperor Wu Yuan, with the temple name Mao.