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AD 495Placed in a yearEast AsiaPolitics and institutions

Northern customary speech prohibited at court

The Wei shu basic annals record that in the sixth lunar month of Taihe 19 (AD 495), on jihai, an edict prohibited using the language of northern custom at court and prescribed removal from office for violations.

Limits: The Wei shu is an official history compiled in 551–554 under the Northern Qi from Northern Wei records; the English is an AI working translation. The wording follows 北俗之語言 without assigning a more specific language name, and records a court prohibition rather than its enforcement.

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