中英雙語話史記 第69期:北魏
Northern Wei Dynasty
北魏The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 386—534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440,
北魏以440年統一中國北部而聞名，並且大力扶持藝術，it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived.
許多這個時代的古董與藝術作品因此得以留存。
In 493 ad the dynasty moved its capital from Datong to Luoyang and started the construction of the artificial Longmen Caves.
公元493年，北魏從大同遷都至洛陽，開始了龍門石窟的建造。
More than 30 000 Buddhist images from the time of this dynasty have been found in the caves.
在這座石窟裏，我們可以找到超過30000個這個年代僧人的畫像。It is thought the dynasty originated from the Tuoba clan of the non-Han Xianbei tribe.
這個時代被認爲起源於少數名族鮮卑族的拓跋部。The Tuobas renamed themselves the Yuans as a part of systematic Sinicization.
拓跋氏將他們重新命名爲元氏，這也是體系漢化的一部分。The official state religion was Taoism as a result of the influence of Kou Chien Chih.
因爲寇謙之的影響力，官方的國教是道教。Towards the end of the dynasty there was significant internal dissidence resulting in a split into Eastern and Western Wei.
到這個朝代結束的時候，國家內部產生了嚴重的分歧以至於分裂爲東魏和西魏。
