The Northern Wei World: The Struggle of a Posthumous Son

Between 371 and 409 AD, a powerful empire arose in the north, pasturing its herds in the Yin Mountains and watering its horses in the Yangtze River. Astonishingly, this empire was founded by an orphaned child born after his father's kingdom had already fallen. Starting from nothing, in just ten years he fought the Eastern Jin in the south, destroyed the Former Qin in the east, and swallowed up the Murong in the west. He carried forward three thousand years of Han tradition and paved the way for the Tang and Song dynasties two thousand years later. He chanted Buddhist mantras and commanded a million troops. His legendary life began with one woman and ended with another.

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