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    9000 Wei (/weɪ/), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (Chinese: 北魏; pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese:...
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    periods: Northern Wei; Eastern and Western Weis; Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. The Northern, Eastern, and Western Wei along with the Northern Zhou were...
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    of Northern Wei ((北)魏孝文帝) (October 13, 467 – April 26, 499), personal name Tuoba Hong (拓拔宏), later Yuan Hong (元宏), was an emperor of China's Northern Wei...
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    Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei ((北)魏道武帝; 4 August 371 – 6 November 409), personal name Tuoba Gui (拓拔珪), né Tuoba Shegui (拓拔渉珪), was the founding emperor...
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    in the 110s A.D. Category:北魏宦官 (Northern Wei eunuchs) In 446 an ethnic Qiang rebellion was crushed by the Northern Wei. Wang Yu was an ethnic Qiang eunuch...
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    formed the Northern Wei dynasty and eventually reunited northern China, ushering China into the Northern and Southern dynasties period. The Northern dynasties...
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  • southern China. The period ended with the unification of northern China in 439 by the Northern Wei, a dynasty established by the Xianbei Tuoba clan. This...
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    disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period, the Eastern Wei ruled the eastern...
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  • were as follows: Northern Wei (386–534 AD) Eastern Wei (534–550 AD) Western Wei (535–557 AD) Northern Qi (550–577 AD) Northern Zhou (557–581 AD) List of...
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  • Former Yan Northern Wei, Southern Liang, Eastern Wei, and Western Wei The Northern Wei, the Southern Liang, the Eastern Wei, and the Western Wei were ruled...
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  • jiāofáng) Passing Attendant (中式; zhōngshì) During the sinicization of Northern Wei, Emperor Xiaowen reformed the ranking system to the system below: 1 Empress...
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    numerous battles between Western Wei (and its successor Northern Zhou) and Eastern Wei (and its successor Northern Qi) between 538 and 575.[citation...
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    of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, it ruled the western part of northern China from...
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    Ming dynasty. The Northern Wei also built Six Frontier Towns to protect the Hetao meander against northern invasions. The Northern Wei collapsed in 535...
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    located some 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Luoyang, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534), and 72 km (45 mi) southwest of Zhengzhou, the modern...
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  • Look up Wei in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wei or WEI may refer to: Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wèi in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from...
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  • Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (May or June 483 – February 12, 515) was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty (499-515). He was born...
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  • of Northern Wei ((北)魏太武帝, 408 – 11 March 452), personal name Tuoba Tao (拓拔燾), Xianbei name Büri (佛貍), was the third emperor of China's Northern Wei dynasty...
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    who was paramount general of Western Wei, following the split of Northern Wei into Western Wei and Eastern Wei in 535. After Yuwen Tai's death in 556...
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    Dai state in northern China. The dynasty ruled from 310 to 376 and then was restored in 386. The same year, the dynasty was renamed Wei, later distinguished...
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    with Wei, sending his sister Princess Xingping to marry Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei while he married Taiwu's sister, Princess Wuwei, and Wei granted...
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  • The Princess Weiyoung (category Television series set in the Northern and Southern dynasties)
    Poisonous by Qin Jian, it's a fictionalized account of Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei's reign and Empress Dowager Feng's regency. The series aired on Dragon...
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    Liaoning, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong and Henan by 394. However, after the Northern Wei invasion in 396, they were reduced to Liaoning and parts of northeastern...
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    after uniting, the Rouran entered a perpetual conflict with Northern Wei, beginning with a Wei offensive that drove the Rouran from the Ordos region. The...
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    Northern Wei ((北)魏明元帝) (392 – 24 December 423), Chinese name Tuoba Si (拓拔嗣), Xianbei name Mumo (木末), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Wei dynasty...
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    Southern Qi (category Northern and Southern dynasties)
    succeeded by the Liang dynasty. The main polity to its north was the Northern Wei. The dynasty began in 479, when Xiao Daocheng forced the Emperor Shun...
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    Cui Fen; Northern Qi. Procession, Gongyi, Henan Province, Northern Wei dynasty. A pottery figure wearing Han Chinese style attire, Northern Wei (471 - 499...
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  • Heqin (section Northern Wei)
    moved north to join the Northern Wei. Some exiled royalty of Han descent fled from southern China and defected to the Northern Wei. Several daughters of...
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    Liu Song dynasty (category Northern and Southern dynasties)
    barbarian states allowed Northern Wei to complete the unification of the North, to the detriment of Liu Song. Afterwards, Northern Wei would remain a grave...
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  • personal name unknown, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. She bore the surname Yuan (Chinese: 元; pinyin: Yuán), originally...
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