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Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei ((東)魏孝靜帝) (524-552), personal name Yuan Shanjian (元善見), was the only emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Eastern Wei -- a branch successor state to Northern Wei. In 524, Northern Wei's paramount general Gao Huan^{[citation needed]}, after Emperor Xiaowu had fled the capital Luoyang to reestablish the imperial government at Chang'an, made Emperor Xiaojing emperor as Emperor Xiaowu's replacement, and moved the capital from Luoyang to Yecheng (鄴城, in modern Handan, Hebei), thus dividing Northern Wei into two, and Emperor Xiaojing's state became known as Eastern Wei^{[citation needed]}. Although Gao Huan treated him with respect, real power was in the hands of Gao Huan, and then Gao Huan's sons Gao Cheng and Gao Yang^{[citation needed]}. In 550, Gao Yang forced Emperor Xiaojing to yield the throne to him, ending Eastern Wei and establishing Northern Qi (as its Emperor Wenxuan). Around the new year 552, the former Emperor Xiaojing was poisoned to death on the orders of the new emperor^{[citation needed]}. Image File history File links Padlock. ... Image File history File links Crystal_128_clock. ... Personal names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western culture. ... Personal names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western culture. ... A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: è«¡è™Ÿ/è¬šè™Ÿ Simplified Chinese: è°¥å·; Pinyin: shÃ¬ hÃ o; Romaji: shigÅ/tsuigÅ; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... Events Childebert I annexes Orléans and Chartres after the death of Chlodomer. ... Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ... The Xianbei (Simplified Chinese: é²œå‘; Traditional Chinese: é®®å‘; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsien-pei) were a significant nomadic people residing in modern Manchuria and eastern Mongolia, or Xianbei Shan, a historic term for Greater Khingan, before migrating into areas of the modern Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia... The Eastern Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 534 to 550. ... The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 386-534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440, it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived. ... Gao Huan (é«˜æ¡) (496-547), nickname Heliuhun (è³€å…æ¸¾), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi (é½Šç»æ¦çŽ‹), later further formally honored by Northern Qi as Emperor Shenwu (ç¥žæ¦çš‡å¸, literally the unnamable and martial emperor) with the temple name Gaozu (é«˜ç¥–), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei and Northern Weis branch successor state... Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ((åŒ—)éåæ¦å¸) (510-535), personal name Yuan Xiu (å…ƒè„© or å…ƒä¿®), courtesy name Xiaoze (åå‰‡), at times known as Emperor Chu (å‡ºå¸, the emperor who fled),[1] was an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. ... Luoyang (Simplified Chinese: æ´›é˜³; Traditional Chinese: æ´›é™½; pinyin: LuÃ²yÃ¡ng) is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Changan â–¶(?) (Simplified Chinese: é•¿å®‰; Traditional Chinese: é•·å®‰; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chang-an) is the ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in China. ... Handan (Simplified: é‚¯éƒ¸; Traditional: é‚¯é„²; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city located in the southwestern part of Hebei Province of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: æ²³åŒ—; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Gao Cheng (é«˜æ¾„) (521-549), courtesy name Zihui (åæƒ ), formally Prince Wenxiang of Bohai (å‹ƒæµ·æ–‡è¥„çŽ‹), later further posthumously honored by Northern Qi as Emperor Wenxiang (æ–‡è¥„çš‡å¸), was the paramount official of the Chinese/Xianbei state Eastern Wei, a branch successor state of Northern Wei. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events By Place Byzantine Empire Silk reaches Constantinople (approximate date). ... The Northern Qi Dynasty was one of the Northern dynasties of Chinese history and ruled northern China from 550 to 577. ...

Background

Yuan Shanjian was born in 524. His father Yuan Dan (元亶) the Prince of Qinghe was a son of the well-regarded Yuan Yi (元懌), also Prince of Qinghe and a son of Emperor Xiaowen. His mother Princess Hu was Yuan Dan's wife and was a granddaughter of Hu Zhen (胡真), an uncle of Emperor Xiaoming's mother Empress Dowager Hu^{[citation needed]}. Yuan Shanjian was Yuan Dan's oldest son, and was his heir apparent. Events Childebert I annexes Orléans and Chartres after the death of Chlodomer. ... Xiaowen (åæ–‡å¸) (467â€“499) was the emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty from 471 to 499. ... Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei ((åŒ—)éåæ˜Žå¸) (510-528), personal name Yuan Xu (å…ƒè©¡), was an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. ... Empress Dowager Hu (èƒ¡å¤ªåŽ, personal name unknown) (d. ... Contrasting with heir presumptive, an heir apparent is one who cannot be prevented from inheriting by the birth of any other person. ...

In 534, Emperor Xiaowu, a cousin of Yuan Shanjian's father Yuan Dan, seeking to resist the control of the paramount general Gao Huan, entered into an alliance with independent generals Yuwen Tai and Heba Sheng (賀拔勝). When Gao, in response, marched toward the capital Luoyang, Emperor Xiaowu fled to Yuwen's territory. Yuan Dan initially joined Emperor Xiaowu on his flight, but quickly abandoned Emperor Xiaowu and returned to Luoyang. After Gao entered Luoyang, he had Yuan Dan assume acting imperial powers, and Yuan Dan began to become arrogant, viewing himself as the next emperor. Gao, who was in fact looking for a new emperor to replace Emperor Xiaowu, felt that Yuan Dan was inappropriate^{[citation needed]}, and therefore, under the excuse that a cousin should not succeed another, chose Yuan Shanjian and declared him emperor (as Emperor Xiaojing). (Yuan Dan, in embarrassment and fear, tried to flee south, presumably to rival Liang Dynasty, but Gao tracked him down and brought him back to Luoyang.) This formally divided Northern Wei into Eastern Wei (with Emperor Xiaojing as emperor) and Western Wei (with Emperor Xiaowu as Emperor). Events January 1 - Decimus Theodorius Paulinus appointed consul, the last to hold this office in the West. ... Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ((åŒ—)éåæ¦å¸) (510-535), personal name Yuan Xiu (å…ƒè„© or å…ƒä¿®), courtesy name Xiaoze (åå‰‡), at times known as Emperor Chu (å‡ºå¸, the emperor who fled),[1] was an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. ... Gao Huan (é«˜æ¡) (496-547), nickname Heliuhun (è³€å…æ¸¾), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi (é½Šç»æ¦çŽ‹), later further formally honored by Northern Qi as Emperor Shenwu (ç¥žæ¦çš‡å¸, literally the unnamable and martial emperor) with the temple name Gaozu (é«˜ç¥–), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei and Northern Weis branch successor state... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Luoyang (Simplified Chinese: æ´›é˜³; Traditional Chinese: æ´›é™½; pinyin: LuÃ²yÃ¡ng) is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Liang Dynasty (also: Leung in Cantonese,) æ¢æœ (502-557) was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. ... The Eastern Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 534 to 550. ... The Western Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 535 to 556. ...

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Events June 8 - St. ... Xiaowen (åæ–‡å¸) (467â€“499) was the emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty from 471 to 499. ... Empress Gao (é«˜çš‡åŽ, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Eastern Wei -- a branch successor state to Northern Wei. ... Events November 29 - Antioch struck by an earthquake. ... Gao Huan (é«˜æ¡) (496-547), nickname Heliuhun (è³€å…æ¸¾), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi (é½Šç»æ¦çŽ‹), later further formally honored by Northern Qi as Emperor Shenwu (ç¥žæ¦çš‡å¸, literally the unnamable and martial emperor) with the temple name Gaozu (é«˜ç¥–), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei and Northern Weis branch successor state... A swampy marsh area ... Events Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ... Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ((åŒ—)éåæ¦å¸) (510-535), personal name Yuan Xiu (å…ƒè„© or å…ƒä¿®), courtesy name Xiaoze (åå‰‡), at times known as Emperor Chu (å‡ºå¸, the emperor who fled),[1] was an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. ... These are the emperors of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and its branch successor states Eastern Wei (534-550) and Western Wei (535-556). ... Events January 1 - Decimus Theodorius Paulinus appointed consul, the last to hold this office in the West. ... Events By Place Byzantine Empire Silk reaches Constantinople (approximate date). ... The emperor or huÃ¡ngdÃ¬ (çš‡å¸) of China was the head of government and head of state of China from the Qin dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. ... Events January 1 - Decimus Theodorius Paulinus appointed consul, the last to hold this office in the West. ... Events By Place Byzantine Empire Silk reaches Constantinople (approximate date). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

References

Categories: Semi-protected | Articles actively undergoing construction | Articles with unsourced statements | Northern Wei emperors | Northern Qi | 524 births | 552 deaths | Chinese Buddhists The Book of Wei (Chinese: ; pinyin: WÃ¨ishÅ«) is a classic Chinese historical writing compiled by Wei Shou from 551 to 554, and serves as an important historical text describing the Northern Wei from 386 to 535. ... The History of Northern Dynasties (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ishÇ) is one of the official Chinese historical works in the Twenty-Four Histories canon. ... Zizhi Tongjian (traditional Chinese character: 資治通鑑; simplified Chinese character: 资治通鉴; pinyin Zīzhì Tōngjìan, Wade-Giles Tzu-chih tung-chien) is known to be a important Chinese history text of annual chronology. ...

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