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  2. Empress Wei (Tang dynasty) - Wikipedia

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    Empress Wei (Chinese: 韋皇后; pinyin: Wéi Huánghòu; personal name unknown; died July 21, 710) [1] was an empress consort of the Chinese Tang dynasty. [2] She was the second wife of Emperor Zhongzong, [3] who reigned twice, and during his second reign, she tried to emulate the example of her mother-in-law Wu Zetian and seize power.

  3. Sun Quan - Wikipedia

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    Cao Pi launched a major attack on Wu, but after Wei defeats in early 223, it became clear that Wu was secure. After Liu Bei's death later that year, Zhuge Jin's brother Zhuge Liang , the regent for Liu Bei's son and successor Liu Shan , reestablished the alliance with Sun Quan, and the two states would remain allies until Shu's eventual ...

  4. Southern Tang campaign against Chu - Wikipedia

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    The following day Bian entered Tanzhou and ascended the tower at Liuyang Gate (瀏陽門) to pronounce Southern Tang forces' arrival, signaling the end of the Ma family's rule. As the people were then suffering from starvation due to the lengthy civil war, Bian opened up the food storage and distributed the grain previously stored by the Chu ...

  5. Wéi - Wikipedia

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    During the Han dynasty, Han Xin's son escaped to Wei Country (韋) because of the purge of Empress Lü Zhi, and later took the surname Wei (韋) from the region's name. [ citation needed ] A 2013 study by the Fuxi Cultural Association found it to be the 66th most common name, shared by 4.3 million people or 0.320% of the population, with the ...

  6. Dynasties of China - Wikipedia

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    Western Liang and Tang dynasty. The Western Liang and the Tang dynasty were ruled by the House of Li; The founder of the Tang dynasty, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang, was a seventh-generation descendant of the Western Liang founder, the Prince Wuzhao of Western Liang; Later Han and Northern Han. The Later Han and the Northern Han were ruled by the ...

  7. Tang dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Tang dynasty (/ t ɑː ŋ /, [6]; Chinese: 唐朝 [a]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period .

  8. Wèi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    During the Zhou dynasty, Wei (state) (魏) the Ji 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 became a Hegemon of China. One of his followers, Wei Wuzi had a son, Wei Qi. Prince Chong’er gave Wei Qi the fiefs of Lü and Chu.

  9. Three Kingdoms - Wikipedia

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    Military sorties by Wu against Hefei and Shouchun would consistently end in failure, thereby confirming Wei's hold over Huai. Wu controlled all of the Yangtze valley. The territory between the Huai and Yangtze was a desolate area, where a largely-static frontier between Wei and Wu had formed at the lower Han valley. [42] Map of the Three Kingdoms