中英双语话史记 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年统一中国北部而闻名，并且大力扶持艺术，it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived.
许多这个时代的古董与艺术作品因此得以留存。
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，北魏从大同迁都至洛阳，开始了龙门石窟的建造。
More than 30 000 Buddhist images from the time of this dynasty have been found in the caves.
在这座石窟里，我们可以找到超过30000个这个年代僧人的画像。It is thought the dynasty originated from the Tuoba clan of the non-Han Xianbei tribe.
这个时代被认为起源于少数名族鲜卑族的拓跋部。The Tuobas renamed themselves the Yuans as a part of systematic Sinicization.
拓跋氏将他们重新命名为元氏，这也是体系汉化的一部分。The official state religion was Taoism as a result of the influence of Kou Chien Chih.
因为寇谦之的影响力，官方的国教是道教。Towards the end of the dynasty there was significant internal dissidence resulting in a split into Eastern and Western Wei.
到这个朝代结束的时候，国家内部产生了严重的分歧以至于分裂为东魏和西魏。
