Later Yan (後燕) | ||||||||||||||
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Capital | Zhongshan (386-397) Longcheng (397-409) |
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Political structure | Empire | |||||||||||||
Emperor | ||||||||||||||
• | 384-396 | Murong Chui | ||||||||||||
• | 396-398 | Murong Bao | ||||||||||||
• | 398 | Lan Han | ||||||||||||
• | 398-401 | Murong Sheng | ||||||||||||
• | 401-407 | Murong Xi | ||||||||||||
• | 407-409 | Murong Yun | ||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||
• | Established | 384 | ||||||||||||
• | Establishment of Zhongshan as capital | 8 February 386 | ||||||||||||
• | Murong Chui's claim of imperial title | 15 February 386 | ||||||||||||
• | Evacuation of Zhongshan | 27 April 397 | ||||||||||||
• | Murong Xi's death | 16 September 407 | ||||||||||||
• | Disestablished | 6 November 409 409 | ||||||||||||
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The Later Yan (simplified Chinese: 后燕; traditional Chinese: 後燕; pinyin: Hòuyàn; 384-407 or 409) was a Murong–Xianbei state, located in modern-day northeast China, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
All rulers of the Later Yan declared themselves "emperors".