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Wei (/ w eɪ /), known in historiography as the Western Wei (Chinese: 西魏; pinyin: Xī Wèi), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration 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 535 to 557.
Wei (/ w eɪ /; [1] Chinese: 魏; pinyin: Wèi) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin , together with Han and Zhao .
The Jin dynasty had developed an alliance with the Tuoba against the Xiongnu state Han-Zhao.In 315, the Tuoba chief, Tuoba Yilu was granted the title of Prince of Dai.After his death, however, the Dai state stagnated, and with the Jin ejected from northern China, the Dai largely remained a partial ally and a partial tributary state to Later Zhao and Former Yan, finally falling to Former Qin in ...
The fall of Northern Wei began with rebellions staged by the populations of the Six Garrisons. Conventional narratives state that the location of the capital to Luoyang under Emperor Xiaowen and decades of relative peace in the north had sidelined the traditional Xianbei warriors in six garrisons, creating resentment against the reform of Emperor Xiaowen.
The Commentary on the Water Classic (Chinese: 水经注), or Commentaries on the Water Classic, [1] commonly known as Shui Jing Zhu, is a work on the Chinese geography in ancient times, [2] describing the traditional understanding of its waterways and ancient canals, compiled by Li Daoyuan during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD).
Wei (Chinese: 魏 [b]) was one of the major dynastic states in China during the Three Kingdoms period. The state was established in 220 by Cao Pi based upon the foundations laid by his father Cao Cao during the end of the Han dynasty .
Dingjiazha Tomb No. 5 (China) Show map of China The Dingjiazha Tomb No. 5 ( Chinese : 丁家闸五号墓 ) is a mural tomb of the Northern Liang kingdom built when the Sixteen Kingdoms came to an end and the Northern Wei Dynasty was beginning, c. 384–441 . [ 1 ]
Copy of the Huayi tu, a 12th century map of China. Included in the map is the Great Wall of China and it covers all the territories of China with a few foreign states on the edge. During the Tang dynasty, Jia Dan improved the knowledge of China on foreign countries.