- Former Qin
The Former Qin (zh-cp|c=前秦|p=Qiánqín;
351 -394 ) was astate of theSixteen Kingdoms inChina . Founded by theFu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in376 . Its capital had beenXi'an up to the death of the rulerFu Jiān . Please note that, despite its name, the Former Qin was much later and less powerful than theQin Dynasty which ruled all of China during the3rd century BCE .The defeat of the Former Qin in the
Battle of Fei and the subsequent uprisings split the Former Qin territory into two noncontiguous pieces after the death of Fu Jiān: one located at present dayTaiyuan ,Shanxi and was soon overwhelmed in386 by theXianbei under theLater Yan and theDingling . The other struggled in its greatly reduced territories around the border of present dayShaanxi andGansu until disintegration in394 under years of invasions by theWestern Qin and theLater Qin .All rulers of the Former Qin proclaimed themselves "
Emperor " except for Fu Jiān, who claimed the title "Heavenly Prince" ("Tian Wang ") but was posthumoustly considered an emperor.Rulers of the Former Qin
Temple name sPosthumous name sFamily names and given name Durations of reigns Era name s and their according durations"Chinese convention: use family and given names" Gaozu (高祖 Gāozǔ) Jingming (景明 Jǐngmíng) Fu Jiàn (苻健 Fú Jiàn)351 -355 "Huangshi (皇始 Huángshǐ)" 351 -355 Did not exist King Li (厲王 Lìwáng) ¹ Fu Sheng (苻生 Fú Shēng)355 -357 "Shouguang (壽光 Shòuguāng)" 355 -357 Shizu (世祖 Shìzǔ) Xuanzhao (宣昭 Xuānzhāo) Fu Jiān (苻堅 Fú Jiān)357 -385 "Yongxing (永興 Yǒngxīng)" 357 -359
"Ganlu (甘露 Gānlù)"359 -364
"Jianyuan (建元 Jiànyuán)"365 -385 Did not exist Aiping (哀平 āipíng) Fu Pi (苻丕 Fú Pī)385 -386 "Taian (太安 Tàiān)" 385 -386 Taizong (太宗 Tàizōng) Gao (高 Gāo) Fu Deng (苻登 Fú Dēng)386 -394 "Taichu (太初 Tàichū)" 386 -394 Did not exist Houzhu (後主 Hòuzhǔ) Fu Chong (苻崇 Fú Chóng)several months in 394 "Yanchu (延初 Yán Chū)" 394 ¹ Fu Sheng was posthumously given the title "wang" even though he had reigned as emperor.
ee also
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Chinese history
*Chinese sovereign
*Di
*Fu Jian (disambiguation)
*Wang Meng
*Battle of Fei
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