Background
Chen Yin was the first son of his father Chen Shubao, who was crown prince under Chen Yin"s grandfather Emperor Xuan at the time of Chen Yin"s birth.
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As Chen Shubao was already 20 at the time of Chen Yin"s death—a relatively late age to have a son in those times—Emperor Xuan had Chen Shubao designate Chen Yin as his heir even though Chen Yin was not born of Crown Prince Shen, and further awarded a bowl of wine to each father in the realm. In 578, he was created the Duke of Yongkang. In 582, Emperor Xuan died, and Chen Shubao, after surviving a coup attempt, became emperor.
He created Chen Yin"s adoptive mother Crown Princess Shen empress and Chen Yin crown prince.
Chen Shubao selected the daughter of the general Xiao Mohe to be Chen Yin"s wife and crown princess. Chen Yin was said to be intelligent and studious, but also often making mistakes.
When his chief of staff Yuan Xian (袁憲) urged him to change his ways, he would not accept Yuan"s suggestion. Meanwhile, Empress Shen was not favored by Chen Shubao, whose favorite concubines were Consort Zhang Lihua and Consort Kong.
As Empress Shen and Chen Yin often exchanged messengers, Chen Shubao suspected that Chen Yin despised him for not favoring Empress Shen.
In 588, Chen Shubao thus decided to depose Chen Yin and make Consort Zhang"s son Chen Shen the Prince of Shi"an crown prince, despite Yuan"s opposition. In summer 588, he deposed Chen Yin and demoted him to the title of Prince of Wuxing, creating Chen Shen crown prince instead. Chen Shubao was taken to the Sui capital Chang"an and treated as an honored guest of Emperor Wen of Sui, and Chen Yin followed his father to Chang"an.
He died there, but there is no historical record of the year of his death.
