Yujiulü Wuti (;

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

: Yùjiǔlǘ Wútí) was a ruler of the

Rouran The Rouran Khaganate ( Chinese: zh, c=, p=Róurán, label=no), also known as Ruanruan or Juan-juan ( zh, c=, p=Ruǎnruǎn, label=no) (or variously ''Jou-jan'', ''Ruruan'', ''Ju-juan'', ''Ruru'', ''Ruirui'', ''Rouru'', ''Rouruan'' or ''Tantan'') ...

(July, 429 – September, 444) with the title of Chilian Khagan (敕連可汗;

: ''Tengri Qaγan''). He was the son of

Yujiulü Datan Yujiulü Datan (; pinyin: Yùjiǔlǘ Dàtán) (?–429 AD) was the ruler of the Rouran from 414 to July, 429 with the title of Mouhanheshenggai Khagan (牟汗紇升蓋可汗; Rouran: ''Mökögesügei Qaγan''). Life He was a son of Yujiulü Puhu ...

Reign

In 432,

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei ( zh, c=北魏, p=Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei ( zh, c=拓跋魏, p=Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei ( zh, c=元魏, p=Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei ( zh, t=後魏, p=Hòu Wèi), was an Dynasties of China, impe ...

captured 20 Rouran warriors at the border, but Emperor Taiwu pardoned them. Impressed Wuti sent him tributes for this. Later in 435, Wuti was married to Princess Xihai (西海公主) a cousin or sister of Emperor Taiwu and gave his sister as a concubine of Taiwu. She was accompanied by brother Wuti's brother Yujiulü Tulugui (郁久閭秃鹿傀) who presented the emperor 2,000 horses. In 436–437, Wuti unexpectedly violated the peace and attacked the border. Taiwu responded by declaring war on the Rouran. But the campaign ended soon since Wei had no more provisions, and they did not seize the Rouran cattles. He was involved in Wei war against

Northern Liang The Northern Liang (; 397–439) was a Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic state of China and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history. It was ruled by the Juqu (沮渠) family of Lushuihu ethnicity, though they are sometimes categorized ...

in 439. Situation was a result of the Northern Wei messengers to the Xiyu kingdoms, who were going through Northern Liang frequently, were alleging that Juqu Mujian had informed Xiyu kingdoms that they should not submit to Northern Wei and should submit to Rouran instead. At the encouragement of the prime minister Cui Hao, Emperor Taiwu again prepared military action. With Yuan He, the son of Southern Liang's last prince Tufa Rutan, as guide, he launched a speedy attack and arrived at Guzang quickly. Juqu Mujian, in shock, refused to surrender, defending the city against a siege, while seeking immediate military assistance from Wuti. Yujiulü Wuti did launch a surprise attack on Pingcheng to try to force Emperor Taiwu to give up the campaign, but after initial successes, he failed to capture Pingcheng, and his brother Yujiulü Qiliegui (郁久閭乞列歸) was captured by Northern Wei forces. About 10000 Rouran soldiers were slaughtered. In fall 443, while attacking Rouran, Emperor Taiwu suddenly encountered Wuti, and Crown Prince Huang, who was with him, advised an immediate attack, but Emperor Taiwu hesitated, allowing Wuti to escape. In 444, Taiwu began a new attack to Rouran. Wuti was defeated and fled. He later died and was succeeded by Yujiulü Tuhezhen.

Family

He was married to Princess Xihai (西海公主) a cousin or sister of Emperor Taiwu in 434. His sister was also married to Taiwu, becoming mother of Tuoba Yu.

In popular media

* He was portrayed by He Jianze (何建澤) in Chinese TV Series "The Story of Mulan" ( 花木兰传奇)

References

* ''

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 CE: the histories of Northern Wei, Wester ...

'', vol. 86. *''

Book of Wei The ''Book of Wei'', also known by its Chinese name as the ''Wei Shu'', is a classic Chinese historical text compiled by Wei Shou from 551 to 554, and is an important text describing the history of the Northern Wei and Eastern Wei from 386 to 5 ...

'', vol. 103 5th-century monarchs in Asia Khagans of the Rouran {{Asia-royal-stub