Former Yan

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Former Yan (前燕)
燕
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337–370 →
Capital Jicheng (棘城) (337-341)
Longcheng (341-350)
Jicheng (薊城) (350-357)
Yecheng (357-370)
Government Monarchy
Emperor
 -  337-348 Murong Huang
 - 348-360 Murong Jun
 - 360-370 Murong Wei
History
 -  Murong Huang's claim of princely title 23 November 337[1][2] 337
 - Murong Jun's claim of imperial title 4 January 353[3][4]
 - Fall of Yecheng 11 December 370[5][6]
 -  Disestablished 370

The Former Yan (Chinese: 前燕; pinyin: Qiányàn; 337-370) was a state of Xianbei Mongol ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.

Initially, Murong Huang and his son Murong Jun claimed the Jin Dynasty (265-420)-created title "Prince of Yan," but subsequently, in 352, after seizing most of the former Later Zhao territory, Murong Jun would declare himself emperor, and after that point, the rulers of the Former Yan declared themselves "emperors".

Rulers of the Former Yan

Temple names Posthumous names Family names and given name Durations of reigns Era names and their according durations
Chinese convention: use family and given names
Taizu (太祖 Taìzǔ) Wenming (文明 Wénmíng) 慕容皝 Mùróng Huǎng 337-348 Yanwang (燕王 Yànwáng) 337-348
Liezong (烈宗 Lièzōng) Jingzhao (景昭 Jǐngzhāo) 慕容儁 Mùróng Jùn 348-360 Yanwang (燕王 Yànwáng) 348-353
Yuanxi (元璽 Yuánxǐ) 353-357
Guangshou (光壽 Guāngshoù) 357-360
Did not exist You (幽 Yōu) 慕容暐 Mùróng Wěi 360-370 Jianxi (建熙 Jiànxī) 360-370

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "兩千年中西曆轉換". Sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  2. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 95.
  3. ↑ "兩千年中西曆轉換". Sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  4. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 99.
  5. ↑ "兩千年中西曆轉換". Sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  6. ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 102.
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