In 561, Emperor Xiaozhao suffered severe injuries after falling off a horse. Believing himself to be near death, he decided that Gao Bainian was too young to take the throne, at age five, so he issued an edict giving the throne instead to his brother Gao Zhan the Prince of Changguang.
In 561, Emperor Xiaozhao suffered severe injuries from a horsefall. Thinking he was close to death, he considered Gao Bainian too young at five years old to take the throne and therefore issued an edict giving it to his brother Gao Zhan, who was then the Prince of Changguang.