Chizhi Shizhu Hou (; 150–196; r. 188–195 AD), personal name Yufuluo (於夫羅), was a puppet

chanyu Chanyu () or Shanyu (), short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (), was the title used by the supreme rulers of Inner Asian nomads for eight centuries until superseded by the title "''Khagan''" in 402 CE. The title was most famously used by the ruling L ...

of the Southern

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during the late

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. In 188, he was appointed chanyu by the Han court following the murder of his father

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and would later gain the Xiongnu title of Chizhi Shizhu Hou.

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In 184, Qiangqu sent Yufuluo to assist the Han in fighting the

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. After Qiangqu's death in 188, the Han court attempted to appoint the Western Tuqi Prince YufuluoBichurin, p. 146 as chanyu, instead of using the traditional Xiongnu election system. The southern Xiongnu dissented and elected a lawful alternate leader of the Xubu line. Later they expelled Yufuluo, who fled to the Han imperial court. When the marquis of Xubu died the next year an elderly king became the nominal head of state without the title of chanyu and the Southern Xiongnu ceased to exist as a coherent entity. Yufuluo fled to the Han court but found no support after the death of

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in 189. He became a wandering mercenary, working under the Yellow Turbans,

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, and the Heishan bandits of Zhang Yan. After suffering several defeats to

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, Yufuluo relocated to Pingyang County close to the

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. He died in 195 and his remaining followers joined his brother

Huchuquan Huchuquan was the last chanyu () of the Southern Xiongnu during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a younger brother of the Xiongnu chanyu in exile, Yufuluo. History After his brother died in 195, Huchuqua ...

. Yufuluo's grandson Liu Yuan went on to found the state of

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in the fourth century.

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*Brother **

*Son **

Liu Bao Liu Bao ( 190s–200s) was a Southern Xiongnu chanyu who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. His father was Yufuluo. His son, Liu Yuan, founded the Han Zhao dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. ...

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* *Bichurin N.Ya., ''"Collection of information on peoples in Central Asia in ancient times"'', vol. 1, p. 146, Sankt Petersburg, 1851, reprint Moscow-Leningrad, 195

(''Qian Han Shu Ch. 94b'') * * * * * * *Taskin B.S., ''"Materials on Sünnu history"'', Science, Moscow, 1968, p. 31 (In Russian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chizhishizhuhou 150 births 196 deaths Chanyus 2nd-century monarchs in Asia

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