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Empress Dowager Feng
Empress Dowager Feng, a granddaughter of a Northern Yan ruler, was the empress of Northern Wei's Emperor Wencheng and acted as regent for Emperor Xiaowen. She dominated the court from the 470s until her death, introducing the equal-field system of land allotment in 485 and other reforms that strengthened the state and prepared later sinicisation.
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