AD 398

1 record placed in AD 398; regions: East Asia.

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AD 398Placed in a yearEast AsiaPolitics and institutions

Wei capital moves to Pingcheng

The Zizhi tongjian records that Gui, king of Wei, moved his capital to Pingcheng.

Limits: Pinned Wikisource revision 1472366. The seventh-month placement follows line 72 and precedes the eighth-month heading at line 90; line 78 supplies no day. Subsequent palace and temple construction is excluded from this occurrence.

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