Fu Deng

Emperor Gao of Former Qin
前秦高帝
Emperor of Former Qin
Emperor of Former Qin
Reign386–394
PredecessorFu Pi
SuccessorFu Chong
Born343
Died394
Names
Fu Deng (苻登)
Era name and dates
Tàichū (太初): 386–394
Posthumous name
Emperor Gao (高皇帝)
Temple name
Tàizōng (太宗)
HouseFu (Pu)
DynastyFormer Qin

Fu Deng (Chinese: 苻登; 343–394), courtesy name Wengao (文高), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gao of Former Qin (前秦高帝), was an emperor of the Di-led Chinese Former Qin dynasty. He assumed the throne in 386 after the deaths of Fu Jiān (Emperor Xuanzhao) and Fu Jiān's son Fu Pi (Emperor Aiping), even though he was only a distant relative of theirs, as by that time the Former Qin's territory had largely been reduced to the territory under his control. He battled the Later Qin emperor Yao Chang for years in a stalemate that neither could conclusively prevail, but in 394, he made a major attack on Later Qin after Yao Chang's death, seriously underestimating Yao Chang's son and successor Yao Xing, who captured and executed him. Later that year, his son Fu Chong, who succeeded him, would die in battle, ending the Former Qin dynasty.[1]

  1. ^ Wei Shou. "列傳 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光" [Biographies of Xiongnu Liu Cong, Jiewu Shi Le, Titfu Liu Hu, Tuhe Murong Hui, Linweidi Fu Jiān, Qiang Yao Chang, Lueyangdi Lü Guang]. Book of Wei (in Chinese). Vol. 95. Retrieved 28 July 2011.