Northern Yan

Yan
407–436
Northern Yan, c. 423
Northern Yan, c. 423
CapitalLongcheng
GovernmentMonarchy
Tian Wang 
• 407–409
Murong Yun
• 409–430
Feng Ba
• 430–436
Feng Hong
History 
• Established
15 September 407[1][2] 407
• Feng Ba's claiming of the throne
6 November 409[3][4]
• Disestablished
4 June 436[5][6] 436
• Feng Hong's death
438
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Later Yan
Northern Wei
Goguryeo
Today part ofChina

Yan, known in historiography as the Northern Yan (Chinese: 北燕; pinyin: Běi Yān; 407 or 409–436), Eastern Yan (simplified Chinese: 东燕; traditional Chinese: 東燕; pinyin: Dōng Yān) or Huanglong (simplified Chinese: 黄龙; traditional Chinese: 黃龍), was a dynastic state of China during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms. Some historians consider Gao Yun, a member of the Goguryeo royal family, to be the first Northern Yan monarch, while others consider Feng Ba of Han ethnicity to be the founder.[7]

All rulers of the Northern Yan took the title of Tiān Wáng (Heavenly King). The Northern Yan inherited what was left of the preceding Later Yan regime, whose territory occupied western Liaoning and parts of northeastern Hebei. In historiography, they are given the prefix of "Northern" to distinguish it with the contemporaneous Southern Yan, and unlike the Later Yan, their capital remained at Longcheng in the north throughout their existence.

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  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 114.
  3. ^ "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  4. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 115.
  5. ^ "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  6. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 123.
  7. ^ Asia major. Princeton University Press. 1997. p. 105. Retrieved 19 September 2011. Original from the University of California