Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals

Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals: a Standard history source. Covers AD 386 – 550, with 200 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 386 – 550
Events200 events, 135 placed on the map
Author魏收
Original title魏書 帝紀

Regions: China 200

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 386牛川Emperor Daowu, Tuoba Gui, ascended as Prince of Dai, held a great assembly at Niuchuan and established a reign era.魏書卷2·登國元年
AD 386盛樂In the second month he went to Shengle in Dingxiang, let the troops rest and encouraged farming.魏書卷2·登國元年
AD 386高柳He joined He Lin of Later Yan at Gaoliu and crushed his uncle Kutu; Kutu fled to Weichen and was killed.魏書卷2·登國元年
AD 387馬邑He personally campaigned against Liu Xian south of Mayi, pursued him to Mize and crushed him; Liu Xian fled to Murong Yong.魏書卷2·登國二年
AD 390鹿渾海On a campaign to the west, he attacked the Gaoche chieftain Yuanhefu at Luhun Sea and crushed him.魏書卷2·登國五年
AD 391五原He raided Wuyuan, massacred its people and seized the grain.魏書卷2·登國六年
AD 391牀山He launched a northern campaign against the Rouran and crushed them at Chuangshan, south of the Great Desert.魏書卷2·登國六年
AD 391鐵歧山South of Tieqi Mountain he crushed the army of Zhilidi; he took about two hundred thousand head of livestock.魏書卷2·登國六年
AD 391He beheaded the corpse of Weichen and displayed it, destroying his state; the tribes south of the Yellow River were all pacified.魏書卷2·登國六年
AD 393長子Murong Chui surrounded the eldest son of Murong Yong at Changzi; upon an urgent report from Murong Yong, Wei troops set out to rescue him.魏書卷2·登國八年
AD 395參合陂At the Canhe Marsh he crushed the army of Murong Bao of Later Yan and captured several thousand alive (the Battle of Canhe Marsh).魏書卷2·登國十年
AD 396平城Murong Chui invaded the Shangjian River; Yuan Qian, Duke of Zhenliu, died in battle, and the army encamped northwest of Pingcheng.魏書卷2·皇始元年
AD 396馬邑With an army of over four hundred thousand, he left Mayi, crossed Gouzhu, and set out to campaign against Murong Bao.魏書卷2·皇始元年
AD 396Murong Nong, Governor of Bingzhou for Later Yan, abandoned his city and fled; Bingzhou was pacified.魏書卷2·皇始元年
AD 396中山He besieged Zhongshan.魏書卷2·皇始元年
AD 397He repulsed a night raid at Baisi Wall and crushed the army of Murong Bao.魏書卷2·皇始二年
AD 397A great plague at Jiumen killed many people, horses and cattle.魏書卷2·皇始二年
AD 397中山After crushing the army of Murong Lin at Yidaiwu, he pacified Zhongshan.魏書卷2·皇始二年
AD 398鄴He surveyed Ye, showing his intention to fix the capital there, and set up a temporary palace.魏書卷2·天興元年
AD 398平城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.魏書卷2·天興元年
AD 398平城He moved the capital to Pingcheng and established the palaces, the ancestral temple, and the altars of soil and grain.魏書卷2·天興元年
AD 398平城He ascended the throne as emperor in the Tianwen Hall.魏書卷2·天興元年
AD 399高車He launched a surprise attack on the Gaoche along three routes, taking more than thirty tribes and over seventy thousand captives.魏書卷2·天興二年
AD 399滑臺Heba set out from the provisional palace at Ye and took Huatai.魏書卷2·天興二年
AD 400涿鹿He toured the east and sacrificed at Zhuolu to the shrines of Yao and Shun.魏書卷2·天興三年
AD 402令支Murong Xi of Later Yan invaded Liaoxi; a Wei general abandoned Lingzhi and withdrew.魏書卷2·天興五年
AD 402高平Tuoba Zun, Prince of Changshan, reached Gaoping in Anding and pursued Muyiyu as far as Wating.魏書卷2·天興五年
AD 402柴壁He besieged Yao Ping at Chaibi and crushed the army of Yao Xing, who came to rescue him, at Mengkeng.魏書卷2·天興五年
AD 402壺關He subdued Qin Po, a bandit of Shangdang Commandery, and Zhai Du, of the Dingling, at Huguan.魏書卷2·天興五年
AD 404平城At the Zhaoyang Hall he distributed offices and fixed the noble titles in four ranks: king, duke, marquis and viscount.魏書卷2·天賜元年
AD 409平城Emperor Daowu died in the Tianan Hall at the age of 39.魏書卷2·天賜六年
AD 409Mingyuan, Tuoba Si, killed Prince Shao of Qinghe, who had rebelled, and ascended the throne (first year of Yongxing).魏書卷3·永興元年
AD 410牛川When the army of Zhangsun Song was surrounded by the Rouran at Niuchuan, the emperor went north to campaign, and the Rouran fled.魏書卷3·永興二年
AD 413跋那山Xi Jin defeated the Yueqinbeini tribe west of Mount Bana and took fifty thousand horses and two hundred thousand cattle.魏書卷3·永興五年
AD 415上黨In Hexi, famine-stricken Hu people rebelled at Shangdang, proclaiming themselves Grand General and Chanyu.魏書卷3·神瑞二年
AD 416滑臺While Liu Yu campaigned against Later Qin, Wang Zhongde entered Huatai, and Shusun Jian beheaded Wei Jian beneath the walls of Huatai.魏書卷3·泰常元年
AD 416幽州Yan Pu crossed the Ru River and defeated Kuguan Bin and others under Feng Ba; Youzhou was pacified.魏書卷3·泰常元年
AD 417Liu Yu destroyed Later Qin and Yao Hong.魏書卷3·泰常二年
AD 418和龍Zhangsun Daosheng pushed on to Longcheng and moved more than ten thousand households.魏書卷3·泰常三年
AD 423At Yeban Ford he laid a pontoon bridge and crossed the Yellow River.魏書卷3·泰常八年
AD 423洛陽He reached Luoyang and viewed the Stone Classics.魏書卷3·泰常八年
AD 423虎牢He besieged Hulao, cut off its water supply and took it; the Song governor of Sizhou, Mao Dezu, was captured.魏書卷3·泰常八年
AD 423平城Mingyuan died in the Xigong Palace at the age of 32.魏書卷3·泰常八年
AD 424盛樂Sixty thousand Rouran cavalry raided Yunzhong and took the Shengle Palace.魏書卷4上·始光元年
AD 426With twenty thousand light cavalry he advanced beneath the walls of Tongwan, the city of Helian Chang, and moved more than ten thousand households.魏書卷4上·始光三年
AD 427上邽Helian Chang fled southwest to Shanggui with a few hundred horsemen.魏書卷4上·始光四年
AD 427統萬He entered the city of Tongwan and seized the clan of Helian Chang and much treasure; the capital of Great Xia fell.魏書卷4上·始光四年
AD 430The Song general Dao Yanzhi crossed the river and attacked Yeban, but An Jie crushed him, beheading five thousand.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 430洛陽An Jie took Luoyang.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 430虎牢An Jie pacified Hulao; the Song governor of Sizhou, Yin Chong, fell to his death.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 430He reached Pingliang and surrounded the city on all sides.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 430安定He crushed the army of Helian Ding and took Anding.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 430平涼The younger brothers of Helian Ding surrendered and Pingliang was pacified, and Guanzhong was pacified with it.魏書卷4上·神䴥三年
AD 432和龍He reached Helong, the city of Feng Wentong of Northern Yan, and pressed hard on its walls.魏書卷4上·延和元年
AD 432幽州The people of six commanderies, including Yingqiu, more than thirty thousand households, were moved to Youzhou.魏書卷4上·延和元年
AD 436Feng Wentong asked Goguryeo for help, and the Goguryeo general Ge Manlu met them with twenty thousand men.魏書卷4上·太延二年
AD 436When Yang Nandang took Shanggui, Prince Leping Pi led a punitive force against Hexi and Gaoping Commandery.魏書卷4上·太延二年
AD 439姑臧He reached Guzang, the capital of Northern Liang, and besieged it.魏書卷4上·太延五年
AD 439Juqu Mujian surrendered with five thousand men, bound in the posture of submission (mianbo), and the over 200,000 registered inhabitants of the city were brought under control (the fall of Northern Liang).魏書卷4上·太延五年
AD 439姑臧More than thirty thousand households of Liangzhou were moved to the capital.魏書卷4上·太延五年
AD 441酒泉Xi Juan pacified Jiuquan and took four thousand men, including Juqu Tianzhou.魏書卷4下·太平真君二年
AD 442鄯善Juqu Wuhui crossed the Liusha (the Shifting Sands) and based himself at Shanshan.魏書卷4下·太平真君三年
AD 442上邽The Song general Pei Fangming invaded to the south; Yang Nandang was defeated and fled to Shanggui.魏書卷4下·太平真君三年
AD 443仇池He took Qiuchi.魏書卷4下·太平真君四年
AD 445鄯善Wan Duguei, with light cavalry, captured Zhenda, the king of Shanshan, and escorted him to the capital.魏書卷4下·太平真君六年
AD 445杏城Gai Wu, a Lushui Hu chief, rebelled at Xingcheng (the great rebellion of Guanzhong).魏書卷4下·太平真君六年
AD 445長安Shusun Ba crushed Gai Wu's army north of the Wei River, beheading more than thirty thousand.魏書卷4下·太平真君六年
AD 446長安He went to Chang'an and comforted the elders.魏書卷4下·太平真君七年
AD 446Suppression of Buddhism: an order was issued to examine the monks and destroy the images in every prefecture (the persecution of Buddhism under Emperor Taiwu).魏書卷4下·太平真君七年
AD 448焉耆Wan Dugui rode relay horses a thousand li and crushed Yanqi; the king fled to Kucha.魏書卷4下·太平真君九年
AD 448龜茲Wan Dugui was ordered to campaign west from Yanqi against Kucha.魏書卷4下·太平真君九年
AD 450懸瓠He set out to campaign against Xuanhu.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 450枋頭On the southern campaign the emperor stayed at Fangtou.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 450When he crossed the Yellow River, the Song general Wang Xuanmo abandoned his army at Huatai and fled; more than ten thousand were beheaded.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 450彭城Passing through Pengcheng, he advanced toward Xuyi.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 450盱眙The Song general Zang Zhi at Xuyi closed the gates and resisted.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 450瓜步He faced the Yangzi River and built a temporary palace on Mount Guabu.魏書卷4下·太平真君十一年
AD 451On the river he held a great assembly of his ministers and rewarded them.魏書卷4下·正平元年
AD 452平城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.魏書卷4下·正平二年
AD 452平城Emperor Wencheng, Tuoba Jun, ascended the throne in the Yong'an Hall.魏書卷5·興安元年
AD 452Buddhism was revived (the persecution was lifted).魏書卷5·興安元年
AD 458碣石On a tour to the east he climbed Mount Jieshi, gazed at the sea, held a great banquet with his ministers, and renamed the mountain Mount Luoyou.魏書卷5·太安四年
AD 459高平Pi Baozi pushed on to Gaoping and defeated the Song general Yin Xiaozu, beheading more than five thousand.魏書卷5·太安五年
AD 461He shot arrows at a rock on the southern mountain of Lingqiu, and an inscription was carved there (the Lingqiu southern mountain archery inscription).魏書卷5·和平二年
AD 465平城Emperor Wencheng died in the Taihua Hall at the age of 26.魏書卷5·和平六年
AD 465平城Right after the accession of Emperor Xianwen, the Cavalry General Yi Hun forged an edict and killed the Shangshu and others within the palace.魏書卷6·和平六年
AD 466彭城Xue Andu, Governor of Xuzhou for Song, handed Pengcheng over to Wei; Wei Yuan came to his rescue.魏書卷6·天安元年
AD 467呂梁Wei Yuan crushed the Song generals Zhang Yong and Shen Youzhi east of Lüliang, beheading tens of thousands.魏書卷6·皇興元年
AD 467歷城Murong Baiyao attacked Licheng.魏書卷6·皇興元年
AD 467武州山He visited the cave monasteries of Mount Wuzhou (the Yungang Caves), and the prince Hong (later Emperor Xiaowen) was born.魏書卷6·皇興元年
AD 468東陽Murong Baiyao besieged Dongyang.魏書卷6·皇興二年
AD 469東陽Dongyang fell and the Song general Shen Wenxiu was captured (the pacification of Qing).魏書卷6·皇興三年
AD 469青州The people of Qingzhou were moved to the capital.魏書卷6·皇興三年
AD 470曼頭山Zhangsun Guan crushed the Tuyuhun chieftain Shiyin at Mount Mantou.魏書卷6·皇興四年
AD 471平城Emperor Xianwen abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Hong, became Taishang Huangdi, and moved to the Chongguang Palace.魏書卷6·皇興五年
AD 471平城Emperor Xiaowen, Tuoba Hong, ascended the throne in the Taihua Hall.魏書卷7上·延興元年
AD 471枹罕Yuan He pursued the Chile rebels of Woye and Tongwan to Fuhan and wiped them out.魏書卷7上·延興元年
AD 473懷州The Taishang Huangdi toured south and reached Huaizhou.魏書卷7上·延興三年
AD 479淮陰Southern campaign: an order to advance by three routes, Huaiyin, Guangling and Shouchun.魏書卷7上·太和三年
AD 480角城The commander of Jiaocheng in Qi asked to surrender his city and submit.魏書卷7上·太和四年
AD 480義陽He appointed Feng Xi Commander of the West and sent troops toward Yiyang with Huan Dan.魏書卷7上·太和四年
AD 481下蔡Feng Xi defeated Yuan Chongzu, the Qi governor of Yuzhou, who had invaded Xiacai.魏書卷7上·太和五年
AD 484He proclaimed the implementation of the stipend system (fenglu).魏書卷7上·太和八年
AD 485Equal-field system: envoys were sent to distribute the state lands evenly.魏書卷7上·太和九年
AD 486The sanzhang system of dang, li and lin was established, and household registers were fixed.魏書卷7下·序
AD 493平城He personally led over a million infantry and cavalry and set out from Pingcheng on a southern campaign.魏書卷7下·太和十七年
AD 493洛陽He reached Luoyang, toured the ruins of the old palace, and wept.魏書卷7下·太和十七年
AD 493His ministers begged him before his horse to halt the southern campaign; he followed their request and set the policy of moving the capital.魏書卷7下·太和十七年
AD 493滑臺He built an altar east of Huatai and reported his intention to move the capital at the mobile shrine.魏書卷7下·太和十七年
AD 494洛陽He went to the Western Palace in Luoyang.魏書卷7下·太和十八年
AD 494武川Tour of the Six Garrisons: he visited the garrisons of Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Wuming and Youxian in turn.魏書卷7下·太和十八年
AD 494平城He left the Pingcheng palace and headed for Luoyang.魏書卷7下·太和十八年
AD 495鍾離He arrived at Zhongli and meant to go down to the river, but was ordered to turn back.魏書卷7下·太和十九年
AD 495魯城At Lucheng he personally offered sacrifices at the Temple of Confucius.魏書卷7下·太和十九年
AD 495洛陽The people of Dai who had moved with him were registered as people of Luoyang in Henan and were forbidden to return north.魏書卷7下·太和十九年
AD 495洛陽The six palaces and the civil and military officials had all completed their move to Luoyang.魏書卷7下·太和十九年
AD 496The surname was changed to Yuan.魏書卷7下·太和二十年
AD 497長安He went to Chang'an and visited the Weiyang Palace, the Epang Palace and the Kunming Pool.魏書卷7下·太和二十一年
AD 497赭陽He had his generals attack Zheyang while the emperor moved south.魏書卷7下·太和二十一年
AD 497宛He raided Wancheng at night and took its outer walls.魏書卷7下·太和二十一年
AD 498新野He took Xinye and beheaded the Qi governor Liu Ji at Wancheng.魏書卷7下·太和二十二年
AD 498鄧城At Dengcheng he crushed the armies of Cui Huijing of Qi and Xiao Yan (later Emperor Wu of Liang), beheading more than twenty thousand.魏書卷7下·太和二十二年
AD 499馬圈At Maquan he defeated the Qi army of Chen Xianda.魏書卷7下·太和二十三年
AD 499穀塘原Emperor Xiaowen died at the temporary palace at Gutangyuan at the age of 33.魏書卷7下·太和二十三年
AD 499魯陽Emperor Xuanwu, Yuan Ke, ascended the throne at Luyang.魏書卷8·太和二十三年
AD 500壽春Pei Shuye, governor of Yuzhou for Qi, handed over Shouchun and submitted to Wei; Prince Xie of Pengcheng set out with a hundred thousand men.魏書卷8·景明元年
AD 501洛陽The 323 wards of Luoyang were built by fifty thousand men.魏書卷8·景明二年
AD 502Xiao Yan overthrew Qi and founded the Liang dynasty.魏書卷8·景明三年
AD 504義陽Yuan Ying took Yiyang and captured Cai Lingen and others of Liang.魏書卷8·正始元年
AD 504漢中Xiahou Daoqian of Liang surrendered Hanzhong, and Xing Luan was sent to take it over.魏書卷8·正始元年
AD 506武興Xing Luan took Wuxing.魏書卷8·正始三年
AD 506鍾離Yuan Ying crushed the Liang armies and attacked Zhongli.魏書卷8·正始三年
AD 507鍾離A great flood struck Zhongli, and Yuan Ying was defeated and returned.魏書卷8·正始四年
AD 508Prince Yu of Jingzhao rebelled at Jizhou.魏書卷8·永平元年
AD 508懸瓠Xing Luan took Xuanhu and beheaded the rebel Bai Zaosheng.魏書卷8·永平元年
AD 512肆州An earthquake split the ground at Sizhou, causing many casualties.魏書卷8·延昌元年
AD 515洛陽Emperor Xuanwu died in the Shiqian Hall at the age of 33.魏書卷8·延昌四年
AD 516硤石Cui Liang and Li Ping took Xiashi and beheaded Zhao Zuyue, the Yuzhou governor of Liang.魏書卷9·熙平元年
AD 519More than a thousand men of the Yulin Guards burned the house of Zhang Yi (the Yulin Mutiny).魏書卷9·神龜二年
AD 520洛陽Yuan Cha and Liu Teng confined Empress Dowager Hu in the North Palace and seized power.魏書卷9·正光元年
AD 524沃野Po Luo Hanbaling of the Woye Garrison rebelled (the start of the rebellion of the Six Garrisons).魏書卷9·正光五年
AD 524In Qinzhou, Mo Zhe Taiti proclaimed himself King of Qin and killed the governor Li Yan.魏書卷9·正光五年
AD 524岐州Mo Zhe Tiansheng took Qizhou and captured Yuan Zhi and the governor.魏書卷9·正光五年
AD 525彭城Xiao Zong, Prince of Yuzhang of Liang, slipped out of Pengcheng at night and surrendered to Wei.魏書卷9·孝昌元年
AD 525上谷Du Luozhou of the Rouxuan Garrison rebelled at Shanggu.魏書卷9·孝昌元年
AD 526白牛邏Ge Rong crushed Yuan, Prince of Guangyang, and Rong, Prince of Zhangwu, at Bainiu Luo, and proclaimed himself emperor.魏書卷9·孝昌二年
AD 526幽州Du Luozhou took Youzhou and captured the governor Wang Yannian and the Xingtai official Chang Jing.魏書卷9·孝昌二年
AD 527Xiao Baoyin, governor of Yongzhou, rebelled and called his state Qi.魏書卷9·孝昌三年
AD 527Ge Rong took Jizhou and drove out its residents; six or seven out of every ten died of cold.魏書卷9·孝昌三年
AD 528洛陽Emperor Xiaoming died in the Xianyang Hall at the age of 19; a newborn princess was passed off as a prince, enthroned, and then immediately deposed.魏書卷9·武泰元年
AD 528滄州Ge Rong took Cangzhou; eight or nine out of ten of its residents died.魏書卷9·武泰元年
AD 528Erzhu Rong crossed the Yellow River southward to set up Emperor Xiaozhuang.魏書卷9·武泰元年
AD 528Emperor Xiaozhuang, Yuan Ziyou, crossed the Yellow River to the south and ascended the throne.魏書卷10·永安元年
AD 528The Heyin Incident: Erzhu Rong massacred Empress Dowager Ling, Liu Zhou, the Prince of Gaoyang, and more than two thousand other officials and nobles.魏書卷10·永安元年
AD 528滏口Erzhu Rong, with seventy thousand cavalry, crushed Ge Rong at Fukou and captured him alive.魏書卷10·永安元年
AD 528洛陽Ge Rong was escorted to Luoyang and beheaded in the city.魏書卷10·永安元年
AD 529濟南At Jinan in Qizhou he crushed Xing Gao; Xing Gao, who had surrendered, was beheaded in the capital.魏書卷10·永安二年
AD 529河內Emperor Xiaozhuang fled north to Henei.魏書卷10·永安二年
AD 529洛陽Yuan Hao entered Luoyang (Emperor Xiaozhuang had fled to Henei).魏書卷10·永安二年
AD 529長子Erzhu Rong, Prince of Taiyuan, met the imperial carriage of Emperor Xiaozhuang at Changzi.魏書卷10·永安二年
AD 529洛陽After Yuan Hao fled, Emperor Xiaozhuang returned to Luoyang and lodged in the Hualin Garden; soon afterward a soldier of Linying beheaded Yuan Hao.魏書卷10·永安二年
AD 530安定Erzhu Tianguang crushed Moqi Chounu and Xiao Baoyin at Anding, capturing them, and pacified Guanzhong.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 530洛陽Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Erzhu Rong and Yuan Tianmu in the Mingguang Hall.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 530河陰Erzhu Shilong and others burned the Xiyang Gate and went out to station at Heyin.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 530河橋Li Miao burned the Heqiao bridge with fire-boats, and Erzhu Shilong withdrew.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 530洛陽Erzhu Zhao crossed the Yellow River and suddenly attacked the capital, capturing the emperor.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 530晉陽He dragged Emperor Xiaozhuang to Jinyang and killed him at the Sanji Temple at the age of 24.魏書卷10·永安三年
AD 531洛陽The Former Deposed Emperor Yuan Gong received the abdication and ascended the throne in the Taiji Hall at Luoyang.魏書卷11·序
AD 531信都Gao Huan raised a righteous army at Xindu to attack the Erzhu clan.魏書卷11·序
AD 531信都At Xindu, Gao Huan proclaimed Yuan Lang, governor of Bohai, as emperor (the Later Deposed Emperor).魏書卷11·序
AD 531廣阿Gao Huan crushed Erzhu Zhao at Guang'e and took five thousand prisoners.魏書卷11·後廢帝
AD 532鄴Gao Huan took Ye and captured the prefect Liu Dan alive.魏書卷11·後廢帝
AD 532韓陵At Hanling, Gao Huan crushed the four Erzhu hu.魏書卷11·後廢帝
AD 532洛陽Zhangsun Zhi entered the capital and beheaded Erzhu Shilong and Yanbo in the city streets.魏書卷11·後廢帝
AD 532洛陽Emperor Chu, Yuan Xiu, was enthroned outside the eastern wall and ascended the Taiji Hall.魏書卷11·永熙元年
AD 532晉陽When Gao Huan reached Wuxiang, Erzhu Zhao plundered Jinyang and fled to Xiurong, and Bingzhou was pacified.魏書卷11·永熙元年
AD 534河橋Emperor Chu, with six commanderies and over a hundred thousand men, camped at Heqiao.魏書卷11·永熙三年
AD 534長安Pressed by Husi Chun and others, Emperor Chu fled west toward Chang'an.魏書卷11·永熙三年
AD 534洛陽Gao Huan entered Luoyang.魏書卷11·永熙三年
AD 534Emperor Chu was killed by Yuwen Tai (Yuwen Heita) at the age of 25.魏書卷11·永熙三年
AD 534Emperor Xiaojing, Yuan Shanjian, ascended the throne and changed the era to Tianping (the founding of Eastern Wei).魏書卷12·天平元年
AD 534鄴Eastern Wei moved its capital to Ye.魏書卷12·天平元年
AD 536蒲津Gao Huan advanced westward from Jinyang as far as Pujin.魏書卷12·天平三年
AD 537上洛Gao Aocao took Shangluo and captured alive Quan Qi, the Western Wei governor of Luozhou.魏書卷12·天平四年
AD 537沙苑Gao Huan reached Shayuan, but at a disadvantage he withdrew.魏書卷12·天平四年
AD 538洛陽Hou Jing and Gao Aocao besieged Dugu Ruyuan in Jinyong City in Luoyang.魏書卷12·元象元年
AD 538河陰Western Wei forces were crushed at Heyin (Gao Aocao died), and the siege of Jinyong was lifted.魏書卷12·元象元年
AD 539鄴The new palace was completed; the great ceremony was held in Ye and the era was changed.魏書卷12·興和元年
AD 542玉壁Gao Huan besieged the Western Wei fortress of Yubi and withdrew in the eleventh month (the Yubi battles).魏書卷12·興和四年
AD 543邙山The Battle of Mangshan: Gao Huan crushed the army of Yuwen Tai, beheading or capturing more than sixty thousand.魏書卷12·武定元年
AD 547晉陽Gao Huan died at Jinyang (his death was kept secret).魏書卷12·武定五年
AD 547潁州Hou Jing rebelled; Sima Shiyun, governor of Yingzhou, answered by delivering his city.魏書卷12·武定五年
AD 547彭城Yuanming, Marquis of Zhenyang of Liang, dammed the Si River at Hanshan, intending to flood Pengcheng.魏書卷12·武定五年
AD 547At Hanshan, Yuanming and his sons were captured; fifty thousand were beheaded or taken prisoner.魏書卷12·武定五年
AD 548渦陽Gao Yue crushed Hou Jing at Guoyang, capturing fifty thousand; many drowned.魏書卷12·武定六年
AD 548Yingchuan, defended by Wang Sizheng of Western Wei, was flooded by water diverted from the Weishui.魏書卷12·武定六年
AD 548建業Hou Jing crossed the Yangzi River and attacked Jianye (the Hou Jing Rebellion).魏書卷12·武定六年
AD 549建業Hou Jing took Jianye and again set up Emperor Wu of Liang as a puppet.魏書卷12·武定七年
AD 549Gao Cheng took Yingzhou and captured Wang Sizheng of Western Wei alive.魏書卷12·武定七年
AD 550Emperor Xiaojing abdicated to Qi and withdrew to a separate palace (the end of Eastern Wei).魏書卷12·武定八年

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