Huan Xuan (English spelling)

Japanese: 桓玄 - かんげん（英語表記）Huán Xuán

369‐404
A Chinese politician from the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty. A native of Longkang (Anhui province) in the state of Suo. An educated man also famous as a calligrapher. An illegitimate son of Huan Wen, he lay low in his base in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but in 399 (Long'an 3), he took advantage of the political turmoil to seize full military and political power in the area, and in 402 (Yuanxing 1), he led an army to seize control of the capital, Jiankang (Nanjing). In 403, he forced Emperor An to abdicate, changed the country's name to Chu, and destroyed the Eastern Jin dynasty. The following year, he was defeated by the army of Liu Yu and others, and the Huan clan was destroyed and Emperor An was restored to the throne, but it was only in name; real power was held by Liu Yu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

369‐404
中国，東晋末の政治家。譙国（しようこく）竜亢（りゆうこう）(安徽省)の人。書家としても有名な教養人。桓温の庶子で，その地盤であった長江(揚子江)中流域に雌伏していたが，政局の混乱に乗じて399年(隆安3)にその地の軍事･政治の全権を握り，402年(元興1)には軍を率いて首都建康(南京)を制圧。403年，安帝に位を譲らせて国号を楚と改め，東晋を滅ぼした。翌年，劉裕らの軍に敗れ，桓氏は滅ぼされて安帝が復位したが，名目だけで，実権は劉裕に握られた。

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