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The Fractured North: Birth of Eastern and Western Wei Gao Huan’s fears proved prophetic. Just two years after installing Emperor Xiaojing in Yecheng (534 CE), his puppet emperor, Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, grew restless. Seeking real power, he secretly conspired to eliminate Gao – and even tried to recruit Gao Qian, one of…
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Chaos in the North: The Collapse of Northern Wei While Emperor Wu of Liang busied himself with Buddhist ordinations in the south, the Northern Wei dynasty was tearing itself apart.