Later Qin (後秦) | ||||||||||||||||
秦 | ||||||||||||||||
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Capital | Chang'an | |||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||||||
Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
• | 384-393 | Yao Chang | ||||||||||||||
• | 394-416 | Yao Xing | ||||||||||||||
• | 416-417 | Yao Hong | ||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
• | Established | 384 | ||||||||||||||
• | Yao Chang's claim of imperial title | 386 | ||||||||||||||
• | Liu Bobo's rebellion | 407 | ||||||||||||||
• | Disestablished | 20 September 417 417 | ||||||||||||||
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The Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384-417), also known as Yao Qin (姚秦), was a state of Qiang ethnicity of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (265-420) in China. The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.
Its second ruler, Yao Xing, supported the propagation of Buddhism by the Madhyamakin monk Kumārajīva.
All rulers of the Later Qin declared themselves emperors, but for a substantial part of Yao Xing's reign, he used the title Tian Wang.