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including the Ran Wei, Zhai Wei, Chouchi, Duan Qi, Qiao Shu, Huan Chu, Tuyuhun and Western Yan. Nor did he include the Northern Wei and its predecessor...
Crown Prince, Ran Zhi, surrendered to Former Yan at Ye. The destruction of Ran Wei established Former Yan as a regional power on the North China Plain...
his relatives, with the last Wei emperors largely being puppets of the Sima family. In 266, Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan forced Emperor Yuan to abdicate...
of Yan, as the last Former Yan emperor, Murong Wei, was still alive at the Qin capital, Chang'an. To distinguish between Former Yan and other Yan states...
authority. Sima Yan became the King of Jin by the next day. On 4 February 266, he forced Cao Huan to abdicate, ending the state of Cao Wei. Four days later...
Yan, known in historiography as the Northern Yan (Chinese: 北燕; pinyin: Běi Yān; 407 or 409–436), Eastern Yan (simplified Chinese: 东燕; traditional Chinese:...
emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. On 4 February 266, he abdicated the throne in favour of Sima Yan (later Emperor Wu of the...
the dynasty's name to Wei and declared himself a prince. He was initially a vassal of the Later Yan, but after defeating Later Yan emperor Murong Bao in...
lords, Yuwen Huai, Zhao Xifeng, and Wei Shuye, as well as Yan Xun, the Prince from Northern and the 13th Prince of Wei Yuan Song. Upon seeing this, Chu Qiao...
side, among the tablets of the outer court. Yan Xing (顏幸), also called Yan Xi (顏辛), Yan Liu (顏柳), and YanWei (顏韋), was a native of Lu. His courtesy name...
Later Zhao and Former Yan. Shi Zhi sent a general, Liu Xian to attack Ran Min at Ye, but he was defeated and surrendered himself to Wei. At Ran Min's coercion...
Chinese: 高偉同; pinyin: Gāo Wěitóng; Wade–Giles: Kao Wei-t'ung) May Chin as Gu Wei-Wei (顧葳葳; Gù Wēiwēi; Ku Wei-wei) Mitchell Lichtenstein as Simon (賽門; Sàimén)...
Zhai Wei, then under Zhai Liao's son Zhai Zhao, was destroyed by Later Yan forces. Because of its relatively small size and short lifespan, Zhai Wei is...
polities coalesced into seven major states which included: Chu, Han, Qin, Wei, Yan, Qi and Zhao. However, there eventually was a shift in alliances because...
Bao's succession, the Northern Wei launched a large-scale invasion of Later Yan. The Central Plains was quickly overran by Wei, and Murong Bao was forced...
compiles the political, social, and military events within rival states Cao Wei, Shu Han and Eastern Wu into a single text organized by individual biography...
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