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Death of the Wei emperor Taizu (Tuoba Gui)

The Wei shu basic annals record that on the wuchen day of the tenth lunar month of Tianci 6 (AD 409) the emperor [Taizu, Tuoba Gui] died in the Tian'an hall, aged thirty-nine.

Limits: An official history compiled 551-554 by Wei Shou under the Northern Qi from Northern Wei records; the English is an AI working translation. Juan 2 states only that he died; juan 3 (a Song restoration) places the death together with the revolt of Shao, Prince of Qinghe. A collation note in juan 3 confirms the wuchen date as the 13th day of that month.

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Source: Wei shu (Book of Wei), basic annalsRead the source