Princess Xihai () (
fl.
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434) was a consort of the
Qilian Khan of the
Rouran Khaganate
The Rouran Khaganate, also Juan-Juan Khaganate (), was a tribal confederation and later state founded by a people of Proto-Mongolic Donghu origin.*Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (2000)"Ji 姬 and Jiang 姜: The Role of Exogamic Clans in the Organizatio ...
. She was born into the imperial clan of the
Northern Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...
, and was a cousin or sister of the
Emperor Taiwu.
Biography
She was married to the Rouran Khan
Wuti, son of Khan
Datan, of the royal
Yujiulü clan. In the fourth
year of Shenjia (神䴥) (431 CE), Wuti sent an envoy to the
Northern Wei dynasty. In February of the third year of Yanhe
(延和) (434),
Emperor Taiwu gave Princess Xihai in marriage to Wuti, and took in turn Wuti's sister
Lu Zuo Zhaoyi (闾左昭仪), who would bear him
Tuoba Yu, as his wife.
In popular culture
She was played by actress
Wang Ou
Wang Ou (, born 28 October 1982), also known as Angel Wang, is a Chinese actress and model. She is known for playing Wang Manchun in '' Disguiser'' and Qin Banruo in ''Nirvana in Fire''.
Career
In 2003, Wang won the Most Photogenic Award from t ...
in the 2013 TV series ''
The Story of Mulan''.
Sources
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References
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Rouran
Place of birth missing
5th-century Chinese women
5th-century Chinese people
Chinese princesses