Later Qin

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Later Qin (後秦)




Capital Chang'an
Government Monarchy
 -  384-393 Yao Chang
 -  394-416 Yao Xing
 -  416-417 Yao Hong
 -  Established 384
 -  Yao Chang's claim of imperial title 386
 -  Liu Bobo's rebellion 407
 -  Disestablished 20 September 417[1][2] 417

The Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384-417), also known as Yao Qin (姚秦), was a state of Qiang ethnicity of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (265-420) in China. The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.

Its second ruler, Yao Xing, supported the propagation of Buddhism by the Madhyamakin monk Kumārajīva.

All rulers of the Later Qin declared themselves emperors, but for a substantial part of Yao Xing's reign, he used the title Tian Wang.

Rulers of the Later Qin[edit]

Chinese convention: use family and given names
Jianchu (建初 Jiànchū) 386-393
Hongshi (弘始 Hóngshǐ) 399-416

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