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Eastern Wei

Imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty

Summary

Imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty

Field	Value
native_name	魏
conventional_long_name	Wei
common_name	Eastern Wei
status	Empire
government_type	Monarchy
year_start	534
year_end	550 AD
date_start	8 November
date_end	7 June
p1	Northern Wei
s1	Northern Qi
image_map	Eastern Wei map.jpg
image_map_caption	Eastern Wei and neighbors
capital	Luoyang (534)
Yecheng (534–550)
currency	Chinese coin
Chinese cash
leader1	Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei
year_leader1	534–550
title_leader	Emperor
today	China

Yecheng (534–550) Chinese cash Wei (), known in historiography as the Eastern Wei (), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period, the Eastern Wei ruled the eastern part of northern China from 534 to 550 AD. As with the Northern Wei, the ruling family of the Eastern Wei were members of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei.

History

Gao Huan was the potentate of the eastern half of what was Northern Wei territory. In 534, following the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty, he installed Yuan Shanjian as ruler of Eastern Wei. Yuan Shanjian was a descendant of the Northern Wei. Yuan Shanjian was a puppet ruler, as the real power lay in the hands of Gao Huan. Several military campaigns, such as the Battle of Shayuan, were launched against the neighboring Western Wei in an attempt to reunify the territory once held by the Northern Wei, however these campaigns were not successful. In 547 Gao Huan died. His sons Gao Cheng and Gao Yang were able to pursue his policy of controlling the emperor, but in 550 Gao Yang deposed Yuan Shanjian and founded his dynasty, the Northern Qi.

Art

The Buddhist art of the Eastern Wei displays a combination of Greco-Buddhist influences from Gandhara and Central Asia (representations of flying figures holding wreaths, Greek-style folds of the drapery), together with Chinese artistic influences.

File:Armored warriors, China, Eastern Wei dynasty, 534-550 AD, ceramic - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03593.jpg|Armored warriors, China, Eastern Wei dynasty, 534–550 AD Image:EasternWeiBuddha.JPG|Buddha triad, Eastern Wei (534–550), China. File:2016 Singapur, Downtown Core, Muzeum Cywilizacji Azjatyckich, Ekspozycja (026).jpg|Eastern Wei Buddhist triad File:Eastern Wei Limestone Bodhisattva.jpg|Eastern Wei Limestone Bodhisattva.

References

Citations

Sources

Book of Wei
History of Northern Dynasties
Zizhi Tongjian

References

''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'', [[:zh:s:資治通鑑/卷156. vol. 156]].
''Zizhi Tongjian'', [[:zh:s:資治通鑑/卷163. vol. 163]].

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