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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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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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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Xianbei (section Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern Wei)
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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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Luoyang (section Northern Wei)
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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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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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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Chen Qingzhi (section Campaign against Northern Wei)
campaign in 528 to 529 to crush Northern Wei. With an alleged force of only 7,000 soldiers, he invaded Northern Wei and conquered the regions of Henan...
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Xiaoming of (Northern) Wei ((北)魏孝明帝) (510 – March 31, 528), personal name Yuan Xu (元詡), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. He...
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Wei Shou (Chinese: 魏收; pinyin: Wèi Shōu) (506–572), courtesy name Boqi (伯起), was a Chinese author born in Quyang County in Julu Commandery (today Xingtai...
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Later Yan (section War with Northern Wei)
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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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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Untouchable Lovers (section Northern Wei)
Princess' learned companion Rong Zhi, who turns out to be a spy from Northern Wei. Liu Chuyu and Rong Zhi's relationship eventually breaks down over misunderstandings...
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Imperial Chinese harem system (section Northern Wei)
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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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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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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Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei ((北)魏獻文帝) (c. August 454 – 20 July 476), personal name Tuoba Hong, Xianbei name Didouyin (第豆胤), courtesy name Wanmin (萬民)...
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emperor of Northern Wei. In summer 529, with Northern Wei troops unable to stand up to Chen, Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei fled the Northern Wei capital...
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Eunuchs in China (section Northern Wei)
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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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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