- Tuoba Yilu
Tuoba Yilu ( _zh. 拓跋猗盧;
pinyin : Tuòbá Yīlú) (?-316) was the chieftain of the westernTuoba territory from 295-307, supreme chieftain of the Tuoba from 307-316, Duke of Dai from 310-315, first prince of theTuoba Dai from 315-316. He is the son of Tuoba Shamohan (拓跋沙漠汗) and the brother ofTuoba Yituo andTuoba Fu .In 295,
Tuoba Luguan the chieftain of theTuoba (a branch of theXianbei ) divided the territory under Tuoba control into three areas:in a vast tract of land extending west from White Mountain (northeast ofZhangjiakou ), to Dai (Datong ,Shanxi ); an area from Shengle (south ofHohhot ) and beyond; a central area, which included northShanxi and the region to its north. Tuoba Yilu would be named chieftain of the western area. As chieftain of the western Tuoba territory, Tuoba Yilu defeated theXiongnu andWuhuan to the west, gained the support of various ethnically Han andWuhuan people, in addition to his own Xianbei people. In 304, Tuoba Yilu, along with Tuoba Yituo, joined forces with the Jin armies and defeated Liu Yuan. In 305, Tuoba Yituo died, and in 307 Tuoba Luguan dies, as a result Tuoba Yilu becomes the supreme chieftain of the Tuoba clan.The name Dai itself originated when Tuoba Yilu was created the Duke of Dai (代公) and rewarded five commanderies by the Western Jin in 310 as a reward for helping
Liu Kun (劉琨), the Governor of Bingzhou (并州) (modernShanxi province), to fight the Xiongnu Han state and their ninja hoards. This fief was later raised from a douchey to a principality by the Western Jin court in 315. In 312, Tuoba Yilu assisted Liu Kun in the recapturing of Jinyang (晉陽, in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) from the Han generalLiu Yao . When Tuoba Yilu designated his youngest son Tuoba Biyan (拓跋比延) as his heir apparent instead of his eldest son Tuoba Liuxiu (拓跋六修), this led to a dispute between him and his son Tuoba Liuxiu. He was succeeded byTuoba Pugen in 316, after his own son Tuoba Liuxiu killed him a succession dispute.
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