Qin
秦
384–417
Later Qin in 404 AD
Later Qin in 404 AD
CapitalChang'an
GovernmentMonarchy
Emperor 
• 384–393
Yao Chang
• 394–416
Yao Xing
• 416–417
Yao Hong
History 
• Established
384
• Yao Chang's claim of imperial title
386
• Liu Bobo's rebellion
407
• Disestablished
20 September[1][2] 417
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Former Qin
Western Yan
Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Jin Dynasty (266–420)
Today part ofChina

Qin, known in historiography as the Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384–417) or Yao Qin (姚秦), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Yao clan of Qiang ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China.[3] The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.

Its second ruler, Yao Xing, supported the propagation of Buddhism by the Madhyamakin monk Kumārajīva.

All rulers of the Later Qin declared themselves emperors, but for a substantial part of Yao Xing's reign, he used the title Tian Wang.

Rulers of the Later Qin

Temple name Posthumous name Personal name Durations of reign Era names
Taizu Wuzhao Yao Chang 384–393 Baique (白雀) 384–386
Jianchu (建初) 386–393
Gaozu Wenhuan Yao Xing 394–416 Huangchu (皇初) 394–399
Hongshi (弘始) 399–416
– – Yao Hong 416–417 Yonghe (永和) 416–417

Rulers family tree

Later Qin rulers family tree
柯回
Yao Yizhong (280–352)
Yao Xiang 姚襄 (331–357)Yao Chang 姚苌 (330–393)
Wuzhao 武昭
(r. 384–(386–)394)
Yao Xing 姚兴 (366–416)
Wenhuan 文桓
(r. 394–416)
Yao Hong 姚泓
388–417; r. 416–417


See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "中央研究院網站".
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 118.
  3. ^ Grousset, Rene (1970). The Empire of the Steppes. Rutgers University Press. pp. 59. ISBN 0-8135-1304-9.
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