Murong Chui (English spelling)

Japanese: 慕容垂 - ぼようすい（英語表記）Mu-rong Chui; Mu-jung Ch`ui

[Raw] Kanhwa 1 (326)
[Death] Nagayasu 1 (396)
The first king of Later Yan, one of the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms in China (reigned 384-396). He was the fifth son of Murong Huang and the younger brother of Murong Jun. He was initially a general in Former Yan, but later defected to Former Qin. After Former Qin lost the Battle of Fei River, he declared himself independent in the first year of Yanyuan (384) and called himself King of Yan. This state is called Later Yan. In the first year of Jianxing (386), he called himself emperor, and ruled over Hebei, Shandong, north of the Huai River (→ Huai River), Liaodong, and Liaoxi.

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Japanese:

[生]咸和1 (326)
[没]永康1 (396)
中国，五胡十六国の後燕の第1代王（在位 384～396）。慕容皝の第5子で，慕容儁の弟。初め前燕の将軍であったが，のち前秦に亡命。前秦が淝水の戦いに敗れると燕元1（384）年自立して燕王と称した。この国を後燕という。建興1（386）年皇帝と称し，河北，山東，淮水（→ホワイ〈淮〉河）以北，遼東，遼西を領有した。

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