In the years after the Battle of Canhe Slope in 395, the Later Yan began to quickly collapse, losing most territory to the Northern Wei. Murong De, uncle of Later Yan emperor Murong Bao, successfully defended some cities in the southern part of the state, including Yecheng and Huatai, and eventually claimed the imperial title in 398, forming Southern Yan.[1] Murong De nearly captured and killed Murong Bao when the latter came to Huatai, unaware that his uncle had declared independence. Murong Bao managed to flee back north when he heard, and would continue to defend the remaining territory of Later Yan. Just a year later when Murong De was on campaign a traitor opened the gates of Huatai to Northern Wei forces, leaving Murong De stranded without any territory. He decided to attack Qing Province of the Jin Dynasty, which corresponds to modern central and eastern Shandong. He took the province with ease and successfully reestablished Southern Yan. Murong De would rule for 6 more years after this, in which Southern Yan was peaceful and prosperous to live in. However Murong De was getting older and sicker and was without any living sons. However in 405 a nephew of his called Murong Chao arrived in Guanggu (the capital of Southern Yan) having previously been a beggar in Later Qin, and was almost immediately made heir. Murong De died that same fall and was succeeded by Murong Chao. Murong Chao’s mother and wife were still in Later Qin and Murong Chao agreed to become a vassal and give up his court musicians in return for their safe passage to Southern Yan. In 409 Murong Chao attacked the Jin for prisoners to be trained as new musicians. This prompted an invasion of Southern Yan by the Jin general Liu Yu. Liu Yu defeated the Southern Yan army at the Battle of Linqu and then besieged Guanggu, eventually taking the city. Murong Chao was captured and executed and Southern Yan was annexed by Jin
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southern, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2009, lear. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Southern Yan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Southern Yan Chinese 南燕 pinyin Nan Yan 398 410 was a Xianbei led dynastic state during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China Its territory roughly coincided with modern Shandong Its founder Murong De was a son of Murong Huang and brother of Murong Jun and Murong Chui and therefore was an imperial prince during both Former Yan and Later Yan Southern Yan 南燕 燕398 410Southern Yan in 406 ADCapitalHuatai 398 399 Guanggu 399 410 GovernmentMonarchyEmperor 398 405Murong De 405 410Murong ChaoHistory Established398 Capturing of Guanggu399 Disestablished410Preceded by Succeeded byLater Yan Jin Dynasty 266 420 Today part ofChinaAll rulers of the Southern Yan declared themselves emperors Contents 1 History 2 Rulers of the Southern Yan 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editIn the years after the Battle of Canhe Slope in 395 the Later Yan began to quickly collapse losing most territory to the Northern Wei Murong De uncle of Later Yan emperor Murong Bao successfully defended some cities in the southern part of the state including Yecheng and Huatai and eventually claimed the imperial title in 398 forming Southern Yan 1 Murong De nearly captured and killed Murong Bao when the latter came to Huatai unaware that his uncle had declared independence Murong Bao managed to flee back north when he heard and would continue to defend the remaining territory of Later Yan Just a year later when Murong De was on campaign a traitor opened the gates of Huatai to Northern Wei forces leaving Murong De stranded without any territory He decided to attack Qing Province of the Jin Dynasty which corresponds to modern central and eastern Shandong He took the province with ease and successfully reestablished Southern Yan Murong De would rule for 6 more years after this in which Southern Yan was peaceful and prosperous to live in However Murong De was getting older and sicker and was without any living sons However in 405 a nephew of his called Murong Chao arrived in Guanggu the capital of Southern Yan having previously been a beggar in Later Qin and was almost immediately made heir Murong De died that same fall and was succeeded by Murong Chao Murong Chao s mother and wife were still in Later Qin and Murong Chao agreed to become a vassal and give up his court musicians in return for their safe passage to Southern Yan In 409 Murong Chao attacked the Jin for prisoners to be trained as new musicians This prompted an invasion of Southern Yan by the Jin general Liu Yu Liu Yu defeated the Southern Yan army at the Battle of Linqu and then besieged Guanggu eventually taking the city Murong Chao was captured and executed and Southern Yan was annexed by JinRulers of the Southern Yan editSee also Emperors family tree Temple name Posthumous name Personal name Durations of reign Era namesShizong Xianwu Murong De 398 405 Yanwang 燕王 398 400 Jianxing 建平 400 405 Murong Chao 405 410 Taishang 太上 405 410See also editXianbei List of past Chinese ethnic groups Wu Hu Emperor Wu of Liu SongReferences edit Theobald Ulrich Southern Yan Dynasty 南燕 www chinaknowledge de www chinaknowledge de Retrieved 2021 03 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southern Yan amp oldid 1180211779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
