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Rh an illegitimate brother of his heir, tiie Tai State was divided by Pu Chien between Liu Wei-ch'6n and his nephew ^ ji|[

"(Zl Lin E^u-jen. Toba Euei, the heir, escaped and founded the Wei State.

Toba Ssu 15 ^ 1^. Died A.D. 424. Son of Toba Euei, whom 1961 he succeeded* in 409 as second Emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty. In 423 he built a wall some 600 miles long, from jE.

J^ Wu-yilan in Shansi to ^ ^ Ch*ih-ch'6ng in Chihli, in order to keep out the ^ ^ Jou-jan tribe, by whose incursions his reign had been disturbed. Canonised as ^ ^ 1^ y\^ ^. Toba Tao |& ^ ^. Died A.D. 452. Son of Toba SsH, whom 1962 he succeeded in 424 as third Emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty. In 439 he annexed the Liang^ State, and reduced the Ten State to vassalage. Military operations were undertaken against the House of Sung, and in 450 his forces were within measurable distance of the Yang-tsze. At home he promoted learning and agriculture, and improved the administration of justice. He and his chief Minister Ts^ui Hao were both infatuated Taoists, and believed in alchemy and the elixir of life. He was murdered by one of his own officers, and canonised as {Hh jjj§. ^ "^ ^.

Tohan Timur ^ ^ Mfi ^ ^. A.D. 1320-1370. Elder brother 1963 of lie Chepe, whom he succeeded in 1333 as tenth and last Emperor of the Yilan dynasty, being recalled from Euangsi by Tup Timur's widow and placed by her upon the throne. He left the government entirely in the hands of his Ministers Po-yen (see T^O't^o) and Sa-tun; and upon the death of the latter in 1335, the sons of Yen Timur (see Achakpa)^ whose daughter he had married, plotted together to depose him. The plot was detected and the conspirators punished together with their sister. Po-yen became more powerful than ever. He suspended the public examinations until 1340, and devoted the money to the Imperial Body-guard.