During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a Mengwang clan appeared in jizhou, the Feng family. Its prosperity first appeared in the "Biography of the Jin Shu Dynasty": "The Feng clan of Jizhou Changle County, wrote a surname for Jizhou. Since the Capture of the Tang Dynasty in the Six Dynasties, there has been no end, and those whose descendants have migrated to other places are called Changle." The Chronicle of Ji County of the Republic of China states that "at the time of the Yan Wei Qi Zhou, the Xindu (present-day Jizhou) clan was the most prosperous. In the Republic of China's "Jixian Xinxiang Tuzhi", it is also said, "Since the Yan and Wei Dynasties, the Xindu clan has only the Feng clan being the most prosperous." "In the more than 500 years from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the Feng family has emerged from a generation of high-ranking officials and become prominent families in the north, and within the clan have emerged the emperors of the Northern Wei Yan State, Feng Bao and Feng Hong, the actual presiding officer of a series of reforms in the middle of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Empress Feng, as well as Many princes, dukes, hou, assassins, Taishou and so on. According to statistics, there are more than 30 people above the five official positions, and as many as 100 people with famous surnames recorded in history books, and their prosperity is rare in history.
The monarch of the Northern Yan Dynasty - Feng Bao
Feng Bao
Feng Bao (?) –430), courtesy name Wenqi, was a native of Xindu, Changle County (present-day Yueliang Village, Jizhou). Founder of the Northern Yan Empire, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. During his reign, Zhen dun dynasty, purged the rule of officials, persuaded the class of nongsang, the province was given a thin endowment, established Taixue, and attached importance to education. Quell the internal strife, make good relations with Ruoran, Khitan and Eastern Jin dynasty externally, and consolidate rule.
The Monarch of northern Yan - Feng Hong
Feng Hong(?) –438), courtesy name Wentong, was a native of Xindu, Changle County (present-day Yueliang Village, Jizhou). Brother of Feng Bao, Taizu of Northern Yan, monarch of Northern Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. During The reign of Feng Bao, Feng Hong was made the Duke of Zhongshan, Situ Lu Shang Shushi, and assisted the government. After Feng Bao's death, Feng Hong established himself as the monarch of northern Yan, with the era name "Taixing", and reigned for six years. In 437, when Wei attacked Northern Yan and forced Feng Hong to flee to Goryeo (present-day Korea), he was killed by the King of Goryeo two years later. The daughter of Feng Hong's second son, Feng Lang, was Empress Feng, the empress dowager of Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei.
Feng Hong
The first queen of the ages - Empress Feng
Empress Feng (441-490), a native of Changle Xindu (present-day Yueliang Village, Jizhou), and her grandfather Feng Hong was the last monarch of the Northern Yan state. A prominent female politician and reformer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, she was the actual presiding officer of a series of reforms in the Northern Wei Dynasty between 477 and 490. The well-known and far-reaching "Xiaowendi Reform" is more in line with historical reality in terms of its main content than to be called "Empress Feng and Emperor Xiaowen's Reform". Empress Dowager Feng was pro-government for more than 20 years, implementing the equal field system and the three-chief system, implementing a number of Sinicization policies, and making many important contributions. The Biography of Empress Feng of the Northern Shi Wencheng Civilization says: "Since the dictatorship of the Empress Dowager Linchao, Xiaowen (Emperor) was elegant and filial, did not want to participate in the decision, and did not want to participate in the decision. The "empress dowager" can do great things, kill rewards and punishments, and decide Russia, and there are many people who do not care about the emperor. And later generations called it "Emperor Xiaowen's reform", which is too unfair. Empress Dowager Feng of the Wen Dynasty, a native of Changle Xindu (present-day Yueliang Village, Jizhou). His grandfather Feng Hong was the last king of the Yan dynasty, northern Wei soldiers Linhelong, Feng Hong abandoned the city to Goryeo; his sons Feng Lang and Feng Mi surrendered to Wei. Later, Feng Lang was once given preferential treatment, and the official was appointed to the Northern Wei Qin and Yong Erzhou Assassin History, and the Duke of Fengxi County. Feng was the daughter of Feng Lang and was born in Chang'an. Empress Feng of Civilization is worthy of being an outstanding reformer in the history of Northern Wei, and the various reform measures she adopted became a milestone in the feudalization of Northern Wei and had a profound impact on the history of later generations.
Empress Feng
Written by: Feng Weitong
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