Western Yan
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| This article is part of the Sixteen Kingdoms series. | |
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| 16 Kingdoms | |
| Cheng Han | |
| Han Zhao | |
| Later Zhao | |
| Former Liang | |
| Later Liang | |
| Western Liang | |
| Northern Liang | |
| Southern Liang | |
| Former Qin | |
| Later Qin | |
| Western Qin | |
| Former Yan | |
| Later Yan | |
| Northern Yan | |
| Southern Yan | |
| Xia | |
| Not included in 16 Kingdoms | |
| Wei | |
| Shu | |
| Western Yan | |
| Duan | |
| Yuwen | |
| Chouchi | |
| Dingling |
The Western Yan (Simplified Chinese character: 西燕, Traditional Chinese character: 西燕, pinyin Xīyàn) (384-394) was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.
All rulers of the Former Yan declared themselves "emperors".
Rulers of the Western Yan
| Temple names | Posthumous names | Family names and given name | Durations of reigns | Era names and their according durations | |
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| Chinese convention: use family name and given name | |||||
| Did not exist | Wēi (威) | 慕容泓 Mùróng Hóng | 384 | Yanxing (燕興 Yànxīng) 384 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 慕容沖 Mùróng Chōng | 384-386 | Yanxing (燕興 Yànxīng) 384 Gengshi (更始 Gèngshǐ) 385-386 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 段隨 Duàn Suí | 386 | Changping (昌平 Chāngpíng) 386 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 慕容顗 Mùróng Yǐ | 386 | Jianming (建明 Jiànmíng) 386 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 慕容瑤 Mùróng Yáo | 386 | Jianping (建平 Jiànpíng) 386 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 慕容忠 Mùróng Zhōng | 386 | Jianwu (建武 Jiànwǔ) 386 | |
| Did not exist | Did not exist | 慕容永 Mùróng Yǒng | 386-394 | Zhongxing (中興 Zhōngxīng) 386-394 | |