Later Qin

Later Qin (後秦)
秦
Later Qin (後秦) 秦
384–417
	Later Qin in 402 AD
Capital	Chang'an
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 384–393	Yao Chang
• 394–416	Yao Xing
• 416–417	Yao Hong
History
• Established	384
• Yao Chang's claim of imperial title	386
• Liu Bobo's rebellion	407
• Disestablished	20 September 417
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Former Qin
	Western Yan
	Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Jin Dynasty (265–420)
Today part of	China

The Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384–417), also known as Yao Qin (姚秦), was a state ruled by the Qiang ethnicity of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin dynasty (266–420) in China.^[3] The Later Qin is entirely distinct from the Qin dynasty, the Former Qin and the Western Qin.

Its second ruler, Yao Xing, supported the propagation of Buddhism by the Madhyamakin monk Kumārajīva.

All rulers of the Later Qin declared themselves emperors, but for a substantial part of Yao Xing's reign, he used the title Tian Wang.

Rulers of the Later Qin[]

Temple name	Posthumous name	Personal name	Durations of reign	Era names
Taizu	Wuzhao	Yao Chang	384–393	Baique (白雀) 384–386 Jianchu (建初) 386–393
Gaozu	Wenhuan	Yao Xing	394–416	Huangchu (皇初) 394–399 Hongshi (弘始) 399–416
–	–	Yao Hong	416–417	Yonghe (永和) 416–417

Later Qin rulers family tree

柯回

Yao Yizhong (280–352)

Yao Xiang 姚襄 (331–357)

Yao Chang 姚苌 (330–393)
Wuzhao 武昭
(r. 384–(386–)394)

Yao Xing 姚兴 (366–416)
Wenhuan 文桓
(r. 394–416)

Yao Hong 姚泓
388–417; r. 416–417

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^ Grousset, Rene (1970). The Empire of the Steppes. Rutgers University Press. pp. 59. ISBN 0-8135-1304-9.