Yan, known in historiography as the Northern Yan (; 407 or 409–436), Eastern Yan () or Huanglong (), was a
dynastic state of China during the era of
Sixteen Kingdoms
The Sixteen Kingdoms (), less commonly the Sixteen States, was a chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when northern China fragmented into a series of short-lived dynastic states. The majority of these states were founded by ...
. 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
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
ethnicity to be the founder.
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Original from the University of California]
Rulers of the Northern Yan
See also
*
Xianbei
*
List of past Chinese ethnic groups
*
Wu Hu
References
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Dynasties in Chinese history
Former countries in Chinese history
407 establishments
5th-century establishments in China
5th-century disestablishments in China