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Message:: [QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 2239765, member: 75799"]Northern Wei  (386-534) Northern Southern Dynasties Tai He Wu Zhu 太和五铢 Yong An Wu Zhu 永安五铢 The Northern Wei Dynasty was founded by a Turkic Tribal power known as the Xianbei 鲜卑 ethnic group after the fall of the Jin 晋 Dynasty that succeeded the Han. When the Northern Wei Dynasty was under the reign of the Emperor Xiao Wendi 孝文帝，he embarked on a revolutionary assimilation program that literally favored the Han Chinese culture and significantly discouraged the existing tribal customs of the Xianbei people controlling Northern China. Reforms included the decreed conversion of Turkic names to Han Chinese, adopting Chinese fashion, language, customs, language and pretty much all aspects of government and culture. He also highly encouraged cross ethnic marriages as a means to expedite the assimilation process. It was during the later part of Emperor Xiao Wendi's reign during the Tai He renal year that the northern Wei Dynasty decided to adopt the Chinese monetary system passed down from the Han Dynasty as opposed to the incumbent barter economic system. Only Tai He Wu Zhus were minted but due to their late issuance in his reign, they were pretty Scarce as compared to the Yong An Wu Zhus issued by Xiao Wendi's successor Xiao Zhuangdi .[ATTACH=full]441548[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]441549[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]441550[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]441551[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]