Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Chen Dynasty, Liang Dynasty, Liu Song, Northern Qi, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Southern Qi, Wu Hu, Southern dynasties, Northern dynasties, Liu Song Dynasty, Jie people, Gao Huan, Donghu people, Gao Cheng, Battle of Canhe Slope, The Northern Celestial Masters, Rouran Khaganate, Qiang people, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Buddhist legends about Emperor Wu of Liang, Di, Xianbei state, Change of Xianbei names to Han names, Book of Liang, Songyue Pagoda, Three Disasters of Wu, Book of Wei, King of Liang, Six Frontier Towns, Wuhuan, Second Chinese domination, Book of Song, Book of Qi, History of Northern Dynasties, History of Southern Dynasties, Period of Disunity, Book of Chen, Nurse empress dowager, Book of Zhou, Book of Northern Qi, Reign of Yuanjia, Battle of Shayuan. Excerpt: Gao Huan (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: G o Hu n) (496-547), nickname Heliuhun ( ), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi ( ), later further formally honored by Northern Qi initially as Emperor Xianwu (, literally "the wise and martial emperor"), then as Emperor Shenwu (, literally "the unnamable and martial emperor") with the temple name Gaozu ( ), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei and Northern Wei's branch successor state Eastern Wei.Though being ethnically Han, Gao was deeply affected by Xianbei culture and was often considered more Xianbei than Han by his contemporaries. During his career, he and his family became firmly in control of the government of Eastern Wei, and eventually, in 550, his son Gao Yang forced Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei to yield the throne to him, establishing the Gao clan as the imperial clan of a new Northern Qi state. Gao Huan was born in 496, at Northern Wei's northern garrison Huaishuo (, in modern Baotou, Inner Mongolia). He was ethnically Han, but ...