Later Yan
Dynastic state in Northeast China (384-409 CE) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Later Yan established by Murong Chui. For the Later Yan established by Shi Siming, see Yan (An–Shi).
Yan, known in historiography as the Later Yan (simplified Chinese: 后燕; traditional Chinese: 後燕; pinyin: Hòu Yān; 384 – 407 or 409), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Xianbei people, located in modern-day northeast China, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms.[10]
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Yan 燕 | |||||||||||||
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384–409 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Zhongshan (386–397) Longcheng (397–409) | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||||
• 384–396 | Murong Chui | ||||||||||||
• 396–398 | Murong Bao | ||||||||||||
• 398 | Lan Han | ||||||||||||
• 398–401 | Murong Sheng | ||||||||||||
• 401–407 | Murong Xi | ||||||||||||
• 407–409 | Murong Yun | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 384 | ||||||||||||
• Establishment of Zhongshan as capital | 8 February 386[1][2] | ||||||||||||
• Murong Chui's claim of imperial title | 15 February 386[2][3] | ||||||||||||
• Evacuation of Zhongshan | 27 April 397[4][5] | ||||||||||||
• Murong Xi's death | 16 September 407[6][7] | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 6 November[8][9] 409 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | China |
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