Yuwen Mogui (, died after 302) was a chieftain of the
tribe. He succeeded his father
Yuwen Qiubuqin Yuwen Qiubuqin (, died 299) was a chieftain of the Yuwen tribe in the 290s. He married the daughter of the Tuoba leader Tuoba Chuo in 293, shortly after his father Yuwen Pubo became the chieftain (which followed the mutiny that killed Yuwen Pubo's ...
as chieftain, likely in 299, and was succeeded by his son
Yuwen Xunniyan. He waged frequent wars on the
Murong and other tribes, and greatly expanded Yuwen's territory and prestige. Under his leadership, the Yuwen tribe controlled an area extending from modern
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
in the west to
Chaoyang, Liaoning in the east, including the
Shira Muren and the
Laoha River valleys.
In 299, he entered into a marriage alliance with the
Tuoba
The Tuoba (reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciation: *''tʰak-bɛt''), also known as the Taugast or Tabgach ( otk, 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 ''Tabγač''), was a Xianbei clan in Imperial China.Wei Shou. ''Book of Wei''. Vol. 1
During the Sixteen Kingdo ...
tribe, as his son Yuwen Xunniyan married
Tuoba Luguan Tuoba Luguan (; pinyin: Tuòbá Lùguān) (died 307), was chieftain of the Tuoba clan from 294 to 307. He was son of Tuoba Liwei, the brother of Tuoba Shamohan, Tuoba Xilu, Tuoba Chuo. In 294, Tuoba Luguan became chieftain of the Tuoba upon the dea ...
's eldest daughter. This alliance protected the Tuoba against incursions by the
Murong tribe and their
Duan allies.
In late 302, Yuwen Mogui took the title ''
shanyu
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for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (), was the title used by the supreme rulers of Inner Asian nomads for eight centuries until superseded by the title "''Khagan''" in 402 CE.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 ...
'' and dispatched a force led by his younger brother, Yuwen Quyun (), to fight against the Murong chieftain
Murong Hui
Murong Hui (慕容廆, 269 – 4 June 333), courtesy name Yiluo (弈洛), was an Xianbei chief, formally known as Duke Xiang of Liaodong, posthumously honored as Emperor Wuxuan (武宣皇帝). In the Book of Jin, Murong Hui was described as ...
. Yuwen Quyun was unsuccessful, so he recruited a tribal leader named Sunuyan (), possibly a Tuoba, to attack Murong Hui. Sunuyan besieged Murong Hui in his capital but, unable to conquer it, was eventually routed by the Murong army.
[Holmgren, p. 32.]
References
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Book of Wei, vol. 91.
Mogui
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