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When she, also in Emperor Xiaowen's absence, tried to force Emperor Xiaowen's sister Princess Pengcheng, whose husband Liu Chengxu (劉承緒, Liu Chang's son) had died earlier, to marry her brother Feng Su (馮夙) the Duke of Beiping, Princess Pengcheng fled out of Luoyang and arrived at Emperor Xiaowen's camp, accusing Empress Feng of adultery.
Northern Wei ordered Xianbei family names that were two-to-three syllables to be shortened to one-to-two syllables, converting them to Han names. Later historians, including Wei Shou, the author of the official history of Northern Wei, Book of Wei, found shortened Han-style names to be easier to write about, and therefore used post-496 family names even where pre-496 events involving Northern ...
Emperor Wu of Southern Qi dies and is succeeded by Xiao Zhaoye [8] Northern Wei: Li Chong starts constructions in Luoyang [8] 494: Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei moves to Luoyang [8] Northern Wei: Construction on the Longmen Caves begin [8] 495: Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei bans Xianbei language in court [8] 498
Xiaowen may refer to: King Xiaowen of Qin (reigned 250 BC) Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (467–499) Emperor Wen of Han (202 BC–157 BC) Jiang Xiaowen; Ye Xiaowen (born 1950), Chinese politician who held various top posts relating to state regulation of religion from 1995 to 2009; Xiaowen Zeng, Chinese author living in Toronto, Canada
The officials largely opposed Emperor Xianwen's proposal, and suggested instead that if Emperor Xianwen wanted to leave the throne, he should pass the throne to Crown Prince Hong. He therefore did so, and the four-year-old crown prince took the throne as Emperor Xiaowen on September 20, 471. [8]
Xiaowen's reforms were very successful and lead to prosperity for north China. Under Emperor Xiaowen, the taxable population was an estimated 30 million, which surpassed that under the Jin. [100] After Xiaowen's rule, Northern Wei's economy began to deteriorate, and famines and droughts undermined Wei rule.
In 485, Tuoba Yong was created the Prince of Yingchuan. In 494, when Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital from Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi), Tuoba Yong's title was changed to the Prince of Gaoyang. In 496, when Emperor Xiaowen changed the name of the imperial clan from Tuoba to Yuan, Tuoba Yong's name was changed to Yuan Yong.
Emperor Xiaowen subsequently recovered from this illness. It was during this illness that Emperor Xiaowen's (and Yuan Xie's) sister the Princess Pengcheng, not willing to marry Feng Su (馮夙) the Duke of Beiping, the brother of Emperor Xiaowen's wife Empress Feng Run, fled out of the capital Luoyang and joined Emperor Xiaowen and Yuan Xie ...