Overview
Yan, known in historiography as the Later Yan (simplified Chinese: 后燕; traditional Chinese: 後燕; pinyin: Hòu Yān; 384 – 407 or 409), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Xianbei people during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms. The prefix "Later" to distinguish them from the Former Yan before them and other Yan states from the period. Historiographers also consider the Former Yan and Later Yan as separate states despite both being ruled by the same imperial family, and the Later Yan's founder, Murong Chui, had intended his state to be a restoration. Due to the devastation inflicted on the old Yan capital, Ye, the city of Zhongshan (中山, in modern Baoding, Hebei) became the first capital of the.
Historical Periods
Later Yan (387–389)
387 CE – 389 CE
Area: 333,961 km²
Later Yan (390–393)
390 CE – 393 CE
Area: 334,262 km²
Later Yan (394–394)
394 CE – 394 CE
Area: 502,851 km²
Later Yan (395–401)
395 CE – 401 CE
Area: 386,396 km²
Later Yan (402–406)
402 CE – 406 CE
Area: 118,709 km²
Later Yan (407–409)
407 CE – 409 CE
Area: 63,821 km²
Later Yan (410–1027)
410 CE – 1027 CE
Area: 44 km²
Later Yan (1028–1039)
1028 CE – 1039 CE
Area: 66 km²
Later Yan (1040–1065)
1040 CE – 1065 CE
Area: 44 km²
Later Yan (1066–1093)
1066 CE – 1093 CE
Area: 66 km²
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