Western Wei

Wei 魏
535–557
Western Wei and neighbors
Capital	Chang'an
Government	Monarchy
• 535–551	Emperor Wen of Western Wei
• 552–554	Emperor Fei of Western Wei
• 554–557	Emperor Gong of Western Wei
Historical era	Southern and Northern Dynasties
• Establishment of Eastern Wei, start of division of Northern Wei	8 November 534[2]
• Emperor Wen's ascension, often viewed as establishment	18 February 535[1] 535
• Disestablished	14 February 557[3] 557
Currency	Chinese coin, Chinese cash
Preceded by Succeeded by Northern Wei Liang Dynasty Northern Zhou
Today part of	China

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Wei (/weɪ/), known in historiography as the Western Wei (Chinese: 西魏; pinyin: Xī Wèi), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, it ruled the western part of northern China from 535 to 557. As with the Northern Wei dynasty that preceded it, the ruling family of the Western Wei were members of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei.