Former Qin
Dynastic state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history ruled by the Di ethnicity.
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Fu Jian (317–355)
Fu Jian (317–355), originally named Pu Jian (蒲健, name changed 350), courtesy name Jianye (建業), formally Emperor Jingming of (Former) Qin ((前)秦景明帝), was the founding emperor of the Di-led Chinese Former Qin dynasty.
Later Zhao
Dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China.
Dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China.
The Later Zhao was the second in territorial size to the Former Qin dynasty that once unified northern China under Fu Jiān.
Fu Jian (337–385)
Fu Jian (337–385), courtesy name Yonggu (永固) or Wenyu (文玉), formally Emperor Xuanzhao of (Former) Qin ((前)秦宣昭帝), was an emperor (who, however, used the title "Heavenly King" (Tian Wang) during his reign) of the Di-led Chinese Former Qin dynasty, under whose rule (assisted by his able prime minister Wang Meng) the Former Qin state reached its greatest glory—destroying Former Yan, Former Liang, and Dai and seizing Jin's Yi Province (modern Sichuan and Chongqing), posturing to destroy Jin as well to unite China, until he was repelled at the Battle of Fei River in 383.
Battle of Fei River
The Battle of Fei River, also known as the Battle of Feishui, was a battle in AD 383 in China, where forces of the Di-led Former Qin dynasty was decisively defeated by the outnumbered army of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
Later Qin
State ruled by the Qiang ethnicity of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (266–420) in China.
State ruled by the Qiang ethnicity of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (266–420) in China.
The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.
Taiyuan
Capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
Taiyuan is an ancient city with more than 2500 years of urban history, dating back from 497 BC. It was the capital or secondary capital of Zhao, Former Qin, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Jin, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Northern Han.
Di (Five Barbarians)
Ancient ethnic group that lived in western China, and are best known as one of the non-Han Chinese peoples known as the Five Barbarians that overran northern China during the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
Ancient ethnic group that lived in western China, and are best known as one of the non-Han Chinese peoples known as the Five Barbarians that overran northern China during the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
During this era, the Di ruled the states of Cheng Han (304–347), Former Qin (351–394) and Later Liang (386–403).
Sixteen Kingdoms
Chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when the political order of northern China fractured into a series of short-lived dynastic states.
Chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when the political order of northern China fractured into a series of short-lived dynastic states.
The term "Sixteen Kingdoms" was first used by the 6th-century historian Cui Hong in the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms and refers to the five Liangs (Former, Later, Northern, Southern and Western), four Yans (Former, Later, Northern, and Southern), three Qins (Former, Later and Western), two Zhaos (Former and Later), Cheng Han and Xia.
Former Liang
Dynastic state, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, in Chinese history.
Dynastic state, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, in Chinese history.
However, at times the other Former Liang rulers also used the wang title when imposed on them when they were forced to submit to the Han Zhao, Later Zhao, or Former Qin dynasties.
Xianbei
Today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China.
Today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China.
The Xianbei were at one point all defeated and conquered by the Di-led Former Qin dynasty before it fell apart not long after its defeat in the Battle of Fei River by the Eastern Jin.