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:...

periods: Northern Wei; Eastern and Western Weis; Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. The Northern, Eastern, and Western Wei along with the Northern Zhou were...

formed the Northern Wei dynasty and eventually reunited northern China, ushering China into the Northern and Southern dynasties period. The Northern dynasties...

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...

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...

disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period, the Eastern Wei ruled the eastern...

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...

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...

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...

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...

numerous battles between Western Wei (and its successor Northern Zhou) and Eastern Wei (and its successor Northern Qi) between 538 and 575.[citation...

jiāofáng) Passing Attendant (中式; zhōngshì) During the sinicization of Northern Wei, Emperor Xiaowen reformed the ranking system to the system below: 1 Empress...

Ballad of Mulan, a folk song believed to have been composed during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 CE) and included in an anthology of books and songs...

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...

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...

Ming dynasty. The Northern Wei also built Six Frontier Towns to protect the Hetao meander against northern invasions. The Northern Wei collapsed in 535...

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...

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...

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei ((北)魏文成帝) (July or August 440 – 20 June 465), Han name Tuoba Jun (拓拔濬), Xianbei name Wulei (烏雷), was an emperor of the...

Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ((北)魏孝武帝) (510 – February 3, 535), personal name Yuan Xiu (元脩 or 元修), courtesy name Xiaoze (孝則), at times known as Emperor...

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...

Cui Fen; Northern Qi. Procession, Gongyi, Henan Province, Northern Wei dynasty. A pottery figure wearing Han Chinese style attire, Northern Wei (471 - 499...

Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei (Chinese: (北)魏孝莊帝, 507 – 26 January 531; r. May 528 – Jan 531), personal name Yuan Ziyou (Chinese: 元子攸), courtesy name...

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...

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...

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...

family acquired the surname Wèi (魏). During the Northern Wei (北魏), Xiaowen family got the surname Wei with the state name. In 636 BC, Prince Chong’er...

Wei to yield the throne to Yuwen Jue, ending Western Wei and starting Northern Zhou. A month later, Lady Dugu's father Dugu Xin, then the Duke of Wei...

684–684: Empress Wei, empress consort of Emperor Zhongzong 684–690: Empress Liu, empress consort of Emperor Ruizong 705–710: Empress Wei (second time),...

the Dai state in northern China. The dynasty ruled from 310 to 376 and was restored in 386. The same year, the dynasty was renamed Wei, later distinguished...