Southern Yan

The Southern Yan (Chinese: 南燕; pinyin: Nán Yān; 398-410) was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Its territory roughly coincided with modern Shandong. Its founder Murong De was a son of Murong Huang and brother of Murong Jun and Murong Chui and therefore was an imperial prince during both Former Yan and Later Yan.

Southern Yan (南燕)

398–410
Southern Yan in 406 AD
CapitalHuatai (398-399)
Guanggu (399-410)
GovernmentMonarchy
Emperor 
 398-405
Murong De
 405-410
Murong Chao
History 
 Established
398
 Capturing of Guanggu
399
 Disestablished
410
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Later Yan
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Today part ofChina

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

Rulers of the Southern Yan

Temple namePosthumous namePersonal nameDurations of reignEra names
ShizongXianwuMurong De398-405Yanwang (燕王) 398-400
Jianxing (建平) 400-405
Murong Chao405-410Taishang (太上) 405-410

See also

  • Xianbei
  • List of past Chinese ethnic groups
  • Wu Hu
  • Emperor Wu of Liu Song
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