Xianbei - Former Yan, Later Yan, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Southern Liang, Tuyuhun, Western Qin, Tabgach, Tuoba, Li Jing, Empress Dugu Qieluo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Former Yan, Later Yan, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Southern Liang, Tuyuhun, Western Qin, Tabgach, Tuoba, Li Jing, Empress Dugu Qieluo, Battle of Canhe Slope, The Northern Celestial Masters, Tuyuhun Kingdom, Hou Junji, Rouran Khaganate, Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tuyuhun, Li Daozong, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Helian Duo, Murong, Xianbei state, Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tufan, Change of Xianbei names to Han names, Greater Khingan, Lelang Commandery, Songyue Pagoda, Three Disasters of Wu, Book of Wei, Six Frontier Towns, Princess Duan, Yuwen, History of Northern Dynasties, Nurse empress dowager, Book of Zhou. Excerpt: The Northern Wei Dynasty (Chinese: pinyin: B i Wei Chao), also known as the Tuoba Wei ( ), Later Wei ( ), or Yuan Wei ( ), was a dynasty which ruled northern China from 386 to 534 (de jure until 535). It has been described as "part of an era of political turbulence and intense social and cultural change." It is perhaps most noted for the unification of northern China in 439, but was also a period when foreign ideas were introduced, and Buddhism became firmly established. Many antiques and art works, both Daoist and Buddhist, from this period have survived. During the Taihe period under the Emperor Xiaowen, court advisers instituted sweeping reforms and introduced changes that eventually led in 494 AD to the dynasty moving its capital from Datong to Luoyang. It was the time of the construction of the Buddhist cave sites of Yungang by Datong during the mid-to-late 5th century, and towards the latter part of the dynasty, the Longmen Caves outside the later capital city of Luoyang, in which more than 30,000 Buddhist images from the time of this dynasty have been found. It is thought the dynasty originated from the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei tribe. The Tuoba renamed themselves the Yuan a...