Northern Yan

The Northern Yan (Chinese: 北燕; pinyin: Bĕi Yān; 407 or 409–436), also known in some historical texts as the Eastern Yan (simplified Chinese: 东燕; traditional Chinese: 東燕; pinyin: Dōng Yān), was a dynastic state during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China. 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 Chinese ethnicity to be the founder.[7]

Northern Yan (北燕)

燕
407–436
Northern Yan in early 420s.
CapitalLongcheng
GovernmentMonarchy
Tian Wang 
• 407–409
Gao 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

All rulers of the Northern Yan declared themselves "emperors".

Rulers of the Northern Yan
Temple namePosthumous namePersonal nameDurations of reignEra name
UnknownHuiyi (惠懿)Murong Yun1
or Gao Yun1
407–409Zhengshi (正始) 407–409
Taizu (太祖)Wencheng (文成)Feng Ba409–430Taiping (太平) 409–430
–Zhaocheng (昭成)Feng Hong430–436Daxing (大興) 431–436
1 The family name of Gao Yun was changed to Murong when he was adopted by the Murong. If Gao Yun was counted as a ruler of the Later Yan, the Northern Yan would begin in 409. It started in 407 otherwise.

See also

References
  1. "中央研究院網站". www.sinica.edu.tw.
  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
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