Northern Yan

Northern Yan (北燕)
燕
407–436
Northern Yan in early 420s.
Capital Longcheng
Government Monarchy
Tian Wang  
• 407-409
Gao Yun (emperor)
• 409-430
Feng Ba
• 430-436
Feng Hong
History  
• Established
15 September 407[1][2] 407
• Feng Ba's claiming of the throne
6 November 409[3][4]
• Disestablished
4 June 436[5][6] 436
• Feng Hong's death
438
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Later Yan
Northern Wei
Goguryeo

The Northern Yan (Chinese: 北燕; pinyin: Bĕiyàn; 407 or 409-436) was a state of Han Chinese during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.

The second Emperor of Northern Yan, Feng Ba, was Han chinese.[7]

All rulers of the Northern Yan declared themselves "emperors".

Rulers of the Northern Yan

Temple namesPosthumous namesFamily names and given nameDurations of reignsEra names and their according durations
Chinese convention: use family name and given name
UnknownHuiyi (惠懿 Huìyì)慕容云 Mùróng Yún1
or 高云 Gao Yun1
407-409Zhengshi (正始 Zhèngshǐ) 407-409
Taizu (太祖 Taìzǔ)Wencheng (文成 Wénchéng)馮跋 Féng Bá409-430Taiping (太平 Taìpíng) 409-430
Did not existZhaocheng (昭成 Zhāochéng)馮弘 Féng Hóng430-436Daxing (大興 Dàxīng) 431-436
1 The family name of Gao Yun was changed to Murong when he was adopted by the Murong. If Gao Yun was counted as a ruler of the Later Yan, the Northern Yan would begin in 409. It started in 407 otherwise.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  2. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 114.
  3. ↑ "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  4. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 115.
  5. ↑ "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  6. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 123.
  7. ↑ Asia major. Princeton University Press. 1997. p. 105. Retrieved 19 September 2011. Original from the University of California
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