Ran Min
| Ran Min | |||||||||||||
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| Reign | 350 – May 17, 352 | ||||||||||||
| Born | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Died | June 1, 352 | ||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Wèi (魏) | ||||||||||||
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| Era name and dates | |
| Yǒngxīng (永興): 350 – September 8, 352 | |
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| Heavenly Prince Daowu (悼武天王) |
| Ran Wei (冉魏) | ||||||||||||
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| Capital | Yecheng | |||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
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| • | 350–352 | Ran Min | ||||||||||
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| • | 352 | Ran Zhi | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Sixteen Kingdoms | |||||||||||
| • | Established | 350 | ||||||||||
| • | Ran Min's capture by Former Yan | 17 May 352 | ||||||||||
| • | Ran Min's death | 1 June 352 | ||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 8 September 352 352 | ||||||||||
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Ran Min (simplified Chinese: 冉闵; traditional Chinese: 冉閔; pinyin: Rǎn Mǐn; died 352), also known as Shi Min (石閔), posthumously honored by Former Yan as Heavenly Prince Daowu of (Ran) Wei ((冉)魏悼武天王), courtesy name Yongzeng (永曾), nickname Jinu (棘奴), was a military leader during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China and the only emperor of the short-lived state Ran Wei (冉魏). Ran (冉) is an uncommon Chinese family name. He was known for committing the genocide of the Jie people under Later Zhao.
Ran Min's father Ran Liang (冉良), who later changed his name to Ran Zhan (冉瞻), and from Wei Commandery (魏郡, roughly modern Anyang, Northern Henan) and was a descendant of an aristocratic family, but one who must have, in the serious famines circa 310, joined a group of refugees led by Chen Wu (陳午). When Later Zhao's founder Shi Le defeated Chen in 311, he captured the 11-year-old Ran Zhan as well, and for reasons unknown, he had his nephew Shi Hu adopt Ran Zhan as his son and change his name accordingly to Shi Zhan. Ran Min's mother was named Wang (王). It is not known when he was born, but he would have been known as Shi Min.
A Shi Zhan was mentioned to have died in battle when Shi Hu was defeated by Han Zhao's emperor Liu Yao in 328, but it is not clear whether this Shi Zhan was Shi Min's father.
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