Tuoba Yulü

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Tuoba Yulü (Chinese: 拓跋鬱律; pinyin: Tuòbá Yùlǜ) (?-321) ruled as prince of the Tuoba Dai 316 to 321. He was the son Tuoba Fu, and the father of Tuoba Yihuai and Tuoba Shiyijian. In 310, Tuoba Yulü was ordered by Tuoba Yilu to assist Liu Kun (劉琨), the Governor of Bingzhou (并州) (modern Shanxi province), to fight the Xiongnu Tiefu chieftain Liu Hu. In 316 Tuoba Yulü becomes the Prince of Dai upon the death of Tuoba Pugen's unnamed infant son. In 318, he defeats the Tiefu cheiftain Liu Hu and also captures some territory from the Wusun. In 321 he is killed in a coup d'etat launched by his cousin Tuoba Heru, who suceeds him as the Prince of Dai.