Later Qin
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Qin, known in historiography as the Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384–417) or Yao Qin (姚秦), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Yao clan of Qiang ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China.[3] The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.
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384–417 | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Chang'an | ||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||||||
• 384–393 | Yao Chang | ||||||||||||||
• 394–416 | Yao Xing | ||||||||||||||
• 416–417 | Yao Hong | ||||||||||||||
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• Established | 384 | ||||||||||||||
• Yao Chang's claim of imperial title | 386 | ||||||||||||||
• Liu Bobo's rebellion | 407 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 20 September[1][2] 417 | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | China |
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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 Heavenly King.