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The revolt of the “six garrison towns” targeted a dynasty of this name, which identified “black pebbles” on a Buddha statue with an emperor’s moles to claim him as the Tathāgata. Dowager Empress Feng of a dynasty of this name required (15[1])families to (15[1])plant hemp or mulberry trees in the first “equal-field” system. After persecuting Buddhists as a Daoist theocracy under Tàiwǔ, a dynasty of this name sponsored the Yúngāng grottoes and the first Lóngmén caves. (15[1])The Tuòbá clan (15[1])of the (*) Xiānbēi (10[1])established a “Northern” dynasty (10[2])of this name. (10[1]-5[2])A kingdom of this name was attacked by armies supplied by (10[1])“wooden ox” carts during the Northern Expeditions of Zhūgě Liàng (10[1])(“JOO-guh l’yong”). The Sīmǎ clan took over a kingdom of this name after it was founded by Cáo Cāo’s (10[1])son. (10[1])For 10 points, give this name of the state that rivaled the Shǔ and Wú (10[1])during (10[1])the Three Kingdoms period. ■END■ (10[1])

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