Northern Zhou information

Zhou (/dʒoʊ/), known in historiography as the Northern Zhou (Chinese: 北周; pinyin: Běi Zhōu), was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to...

periods: Northern Wei; Eastern and Western Weis; Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. The Northern, Eastern, and Western Wei along with the Northern Zhou were established...

of Northern Zhou ((北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou...

established Northern Qi as Emperor Wenxuan. Northern Qi was the strongest state out of the three main states (the other two being Northern Zhou state and...

Look up Zhou or zhou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zhou may refer to: Predynastic Zhou (周 or 先周; 11th cent. BC), the state in modern Shaanxi which...

Western Zhou in 771 BC, sacking the Zhou capital of Haojing and killing the last Western Zhou king You. Thereafter the task of dealing with the northern tribes...

Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou ((北)周明帝) (534 – 30 May 560), personal name Yuwen Yu (宇文毓), Xianbei name Tongwantu (統萬突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led...

of Buddhism and Daoism (574–580) by Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. In 580, Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou restored the temple and renamed it Zhi‘ao Temple...

Northern Zhou (北周宣帝) (559 – 22 June 580), personal name Yuwen Yun (宇文贇), courtesy name Qianbo (乾伯), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty...

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou ((北)周靜帝) (July or August 573 – 10 July 581), personally name né Yuwen Yan (宇文衍), later Yuwen Chan (宇文闡), was the last emperor...

start of the dynasty, Chen's northern neighbors the Eastern and Western Wei were later replaced by the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, with the north of the...

Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou ((北)周孝閔帝) (542 – c. early November 557), personal name Yuwen Jue (宇文覺), nickname Dharani (陀羅尼), was the founder of the...

average. In 577 the Northern Zhou conquered the Northern Qi and in 580 made repairs to the existing Qi walls. The route of the Qi and Zhou walls would be mostly...

marries Emperor Xuan. She and her daughter Lihua were both Empresses of Northern Zhou. The second daughter Dugu Mantuo is greedy and also ambitious. She yearns...

English scholarly writings. For example, the Northern Zhou is also sometimes referred to as the "Northern Zhou dynasty". Often, scholars would refer to a...

(獨孤王后, 536–558), a queen of the state Northern Zhou Yuwen Yong (宇文邕, 543–578), emperor of the state Northern Zhou Yujiulü Mugulü (郁久閭木骨閭, ?–?), was a Xianbei...

During the late Northern and Southern dynasties period, the Xianbei-ruled Northern Zhou conquered the Northern Qi in 577, reunifying northern China. By this...

imperial house in 534–535, which were soon replaced by the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou dynasties respectively. While the rule of Tuoba clan ended...

The Zhou dynasty ([ʈʂóʊ]; Chinese: 周) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest such reign in...

Tai's son Yuwen Jue on the throne, ending Western Wei and establishing Northern Zhou. Marital alliances with the nascent Turkic Empire also took place, as...

the same period. The Rites of Zhou contains great details of a royal consort ranking system. However, as the Rites of Zhou is considered by modern scholars[who...

new Later Zhou on New Year's Day in 951. Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou, was the first Han Chinese ruler of northern China since...

Northern Zhou, was unable to succeed to the throne when Emperor Wu died in 559. Rather, his cousin Chen Qian took the throne as Emperor Wen. Northern...

Cao 907–924: Empress Liu, empress consort of Li Maozhen 908–918: Empress Zhou, empress consort of Wang Jian 918–921: Empress Gao, first empress consort...

and Ten Kingdoms period. Later Zhou dynasty (AD 951–960) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), when it...

Jing of Zhou may refer to: King Jing of Zhou (Gui) (周景王; died 520 BC), the 24th king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty, the 12th of Eastern Zhou (r.544-520 BC)...