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 | | They were repelled only after a pitched battle with an army of slaves and attendants led by the son of the provincial governor, and nothing more is known of their fate. |
 | | The Mahayana heretical sect suddenly infiltrated the provincial capital, and Yuwen Yan led his slaves and attendants in battle against them; quite a number were killed, and Yan received heavy wounds, but the rebels withdrew for a short distance and set fire to the houses. |
 | | He noted that in the twenty-five years since the shifting of the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang in 493, the number of monasteries in Luoyang had increased to 500, and a third of the residences had been converted to monasteries, such that a monastery might house only three to five junior monks. |
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