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Murong Chui

Portrait of Murong Chui

Later Yan · Sixteen Kingdoms · 1st ruler

後燕成武帝 Hòu Yàn Chéngwǔdì慕容垂 Mùróng Chuí

Wade–Giles: Hou Yen Ch'eng-wu-ti · Mu-jung Ch'ui

Reigned 386–396 (10 years)

Reigned 10 years (386–396). Died at 71 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Later Yan.

Facts

Reign
15 March 386 – 2 June 396 (1st ruler of Later Yan)
Length of reign
10 years
Born
Unknown
Died
2 June 396
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
71
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
Successor
Murong Bao
Era names
  • 建興 Jiànxīng (proclaimed 386)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes
1
General amnesties
1
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
4
Rebellions suppressed
1
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0