Qifu Chipan

Prince Wenzhao of Western Qin
西秦文昭王
Prince of Western Qin
Ruler of Western Qin
Reign412–428
PredecessorQifu Gangui
SuccessorQifu Mumo
Died428
Burial
Wuping Mausoleum (武平陵)
Full name
Era dates
  • Yǒngkāng (永康): 412–419
  • Jiànhóng (建弘): 419–428
Regnal name
Grand General, Prince of Henan (大將軍 河南王, 412–414)
Prince of Qin (秦王, 414–428)
Posthumous name
Prince Wénzhāo (文昭王, lit. "civil and accomplished")
Temple name
Tàizǔ (太祖)
HouseQifu
DynastyWestern Qin

Qifu Chipan (Chinese: 乞伏熾磐; died 428), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenzhao of Western Qin (西秦文昭王), was a prince of the Xianbei-led Chinese Western Qin dynasty. During his reign, the Western Qin reached its prime after he destroyed and seized the territory of the rival Southern Liang dynasty in 414, but it then began a gradual decline under attacks by the Hu Xia dynasty and Northern Liang dynasty. When he died in 428, he left his state in a troubled position, and by 431, the state was destroyed, and his son Qifu Mumo captured and then killed by the Hu Xia emperor Helian Ding.