Tuoba Shiyijian (; 320–376) was the last prince of the

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-led Dai dynasty of China and ruled from 338 to 376 when Dai was conquered by the Former Qin dynasty. He was the son of Tuoba Yulü and the younger brother of

Tuoba Yihuai Tuoba Yihuai (; died 338) ruled as prince of the Tuoba Dai from 329 to 335 and again from 337 to 338. He was the son of Tuoba Yulü and the nephew of Tuoba Hena. When Tuoba Hena was in his first reign as the Prince of Dai, Tuoba Yihuai lived with ...

, whom he succeeded in 338. In 340 he moved the capital to Shengle (盛樂) (near modern

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). His grandson

Tuoba Gui Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei () (4 August 371 – 6 November 409''wuchen'' day of the 10th month of the 6th year of the ''Tian'ci'' era, per Emperor Daowu's biography in ''Book of Wei''), personal name Tuoba Gui (), né Tuoba Shegui (), was the fo ...

later founded the

Northern Wei dynasty 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 dynasties, it ruled northern China from 386 to 535 during t ...

and accorded him the

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Emperor Zhaocheng (昭成皇帝) and the

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Gaozu (高祖).

Personal information

Consort and issue(s): *Princess, of the Murong clan (慕容氏), sister of

Murong Huang Murong Huang (; 297–348), courtesy name Yuanzhen (元真), formally Prince Wenming of (Former) Yan ((前)燕文明王) was the founding monarch of the Xianbei-led Former Yan dynasty of China. When he first succeeded his father Murong Hui i ...

*Lady, of the Murong clan (慕容氏), relative of

*Empress Zhaocheng, of the Murong clan (昭成皇后慕容氏, d. 360), daughter of

**Tuoba Shi, Emperor Xianming (獻明皇帝拓跋寔, d. 371), second son **Tuoba Han (明秦王拓跋翰), third son **Tuoba Yanpo (拓跋阏婆, d. 376), fourth son **Tuoba Shoujiu (拓跋壽鳩), eight son *Unknowm **Tuoba Shijun (拓跋寔君, d. 376), first son **Tuoba Gegen, Prince Huan of Qinghe (清河桓王拓跋紇根), fifth son **Tuoba Digan (拓跋地干), sixth son **Tuoba Lizhen, Prince Cheng of Peng (彭城王拓跋力真), seventh son **Tuoba Quduo (拓跋屈咄), ninth son **Princess of Liaoxi (辽西公主), first daughter ***Married

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maternal nephew of Shiyijian and the Helan chieftain **Princess Tuoba (拓跋氏), second daughter ***Married

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**Princess Tuoba (拓跋氏) third daughter **Princess Tuoba (拓跋氏), fourth daughter

References

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History of the Northern Dynasties The ''History of the Northern Dynasties'' () is one of the official Chinese historical works in the ''Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. The text contains 100 volumes and covers the period from 386 to 618, the histories of Northern Wei, Western W ...

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