Region: China · Coordinates: 40.100, 113.300 · 37 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 201 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | In extreme cold, with soldiers' fingers falling off, he was besieged for seven days by the Xiongnu at Pingcheng (the Baideng siege); Chen Ping's secret plan enabled his escape. |
| AD 396 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Murong Chui attacked and took Pingcheng. |
| AD 396 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Murong Chui invaded the Shangjian River; Yuan Qian, Duke of Zhenliu, died in battle, and the army encamped northwest of Pingcheng. |
| AD 396 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the intercalary month, on day yimao, when the Yan army reached Pingcheng, Qian had no defenses; he learned of it too late, led his people out to fight, and died in battle, and the Yan army took over all his tribe. |
| AD 398 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | He moved the capital to Pingcheng, began building palaces, and founded the ancestral temple and the altars of soil and grain. |
| AD 398 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | In the Tianwen Hall he received the seal and cord and ascended as emperor, granting a general amnesty, changing the era, and fixing Earth as the virtue of the Five Elements. |
| AD 398 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He moved the people of the six prefectures of Shandong, 360,000 captives including those of Tuhe and Goguryeo, and 100,000 artisans to the capital. |
| AD 398 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He moved the capital to Pingcheng and established the palaces, the ancestral temple, and the altars of soil and grain. |
| AD 398 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He ascended the throne as emperor in the Tianwen Hall. |
| AD 399 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Prince of Wei Tuoba Gui ascended the throne at Pingcheng and changed the era to Tianxing. |
| AD 404 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | At the Zhaoyang Hall he distributed offices and fixed the noble titles in four ranks: king, duke, marquis and viscount. |
| AD 409 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Qinghe King Tuoba Shao rebelled, and Emperor Daowu died at the Tianan Hall in Pingcheng at age 39. |
| AD 409 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Daowu died in the Tianan Hall at the age of 39. |
| AD 423 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Mingyuan died in the Xigong Palace at the age of 32. |
| AD 423 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Northern Wei Taizong died, and Shizu (Taiwudi) ascended the throne (in the eleventh month). |
| AD 439 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Taiwu leaves Pingcheng on a campaign against Northern Liang, with Crown Prince Tuoba Huang left in charge of the state (June). |
| AD 439 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Rouran Khan Chilian takes advantage to raid as far as Shanwu, alarming Pingcheng. |
| AD 450 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Taiwu executes Cui Hao in the National History case and wipes out the Cui of Qinghe and the Lu of Fanyang, their kin by marriage (June). |
| AD 452 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Taiwu died at the age of 45; the eunuch Zong Ai forged an empress's edict, killed Prince Han of Donping, and set up Prince Yu of Nan'an. |
| AD 452 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Wencheng, Tuoba Jun, ascended the throne in the Yong'an Hall. |
| AD 452 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Eunuch Zong Ai assassinates Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (February). |
| AD 452 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Imperial grandson Tuoba Jun ascends the throne (Emperor Wencheng); Zong Ai and others are executed under the five punishments and their three clans wiped out. |
| AD 465 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Wencheng died in the Taihua Hall at the age of 26. |
| AD 465 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Right after the accession of Emperor Xianwen, the Cavalry General Yi Hun forged an edict and killed the Shangshu and others within the palace. |
| AD 465 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Gaozong of Northern Wei dies; Crown Prince Hong ascends as Emperor Xianwen (May). |
| AD 466 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Empress Dowager Feng of Northern Wei arrests Chancellor Yihun and has him executed (February). |
| AD 471 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Xianwen abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Hong, became Taishang Huangdi, and moved to the Chongguang Palace. |
| AD 471 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Xiaowen, Tuoba Hong, ascended the throne in the Taihua Hall. |
| AD 471 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei yields the throne; Emperor Xiaowen ascends at Pingcheng with reign title Yanxing (August). |
| AD 476 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Empress Dowager Feng poisons Emperor Xianwen (Xianzu) to death (June). |
| AD 490 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Grand Empress Dowager Feng of Northern Wei dies at Pingcheng (September). |
| AD 493 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Emperor Xiaowen left Pingcheng at the head of more than three hundred thousand infantry and cavalry and began a southern campaign, which led to the debate on moving the capital to Luoyang. |
| AD 493 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He personally led over a million infantry and cavalry and set out from Pingcheng on a southern campaign. |
| AD 493 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Xiaowen leaves Pingcheng on a southern campaign with some 300,000 foot and horse (in fact, pressure to move the capital to Luoyang). |
| AD 494 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | He returned to the Pingcheng palace and, in the audience hall, divided those who would stay in Pingcheng from those who would move with the capital. |
| AD 494 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | He left the Pingcheng palace and headed for Luoyang. |
| AD 526 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Xianyu Ahu, with refugees from Shuozhou, invades Hengzhou and takes Pingcheng (June). |