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  • Wei dynasty

    …sinicized lifestyle of the empress Hu led to revolts. A military uprising in 523 was followed by civil war for another 10 years. The empress Hu had the emperor Xiaomingdi assassinated (528) and put her child on the throne. Not strong enough to quell the revolts, both she and her…

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    …sinicized lifestyle of the empress Hu led to revolts. A military uprising in 523 was followed by civil war for another 10 years. The empress Hu had the emperor Xiaomingdi assassinated (528) and put her child on the throne. Not strong enough to quell the revolts, both she and her…

    Read More