{"slug": "former-yan", "label": "Former Yan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Yan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1472004", "qid": "Q1472004", "description": "Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms dynastic state (337–370)", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [297, 385], "span_label": ["297 CE", "385 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "later-zhao", "label": "Later Zhao", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "former-qin", "label": "Former Qin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "xianbei", "label": "Xianbei", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jin-dynasty-266420", "label": "Jin dynasty (266–420)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 297, "year_label": "297 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Murong Huang, ruler of the Former Yan (d. 348)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349992933#Births", "title": "297", "revid": 1349992933, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 319, "year_label": "319 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Murong Jun, Chinese emperor of the Former Yan (d. 360)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372362353#Births", "title": "319", "revid": 1372362353, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 337, "year_label": "337 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Murong Huang claims the title of Prince of Yan, effectively beginning the kingdom of Former Yan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342549552#China", "title": "337", "revid": 1342549552, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 348, "year_label": "348 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Murong Huang, Chinese ruler of the Former Yan (b. 297)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114391#Date_unknown", "title": "348", "revid": 1367114391, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 349, "year_label": "349 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Shi Hu, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao since 334, dies. The state plunges into turmoil with his sons Shi Shi, Shi Zun, Shi Jian and Shi Zhi plotting against each other and holding the emperorship in rapid succession, before ethnic Han Ran Min establishes the short-lived Ran Wei dynasty in 350, bringing the Later Zhao dynasty to an end in 351 before it is itself conquered and divided by the Former Yan and Former Qin dynasties in 351.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356242214#Asia", "title": "349", "revid": 1356242214, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 350, "year_label": "350 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Ran Wei-Later Zhao war breaks out in North China. Ethnic Han ruler Ran Min had used the infighting between the brothers who reigned in quick succession as emperors of the Jie state of the Later Zhao to assume power, establish the Ran Wei dynasty, have an alleged 200,000 non-Han subjects (mostly Jie and Xiongnu) massacred and end the Later Zhao dynasty. This situation will soon be exploited by the neighbouring state of Former Yan which expands from the northeast towards the Yellow River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367501252#Asia", "title": "350", "revid": 1367501252, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 350, "year_label": "350 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (d. 385);", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367501252#Births", "title": "350", "revid": 1367501252, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 352, "year_label": "352 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Ran Wei is destroyed after Ran Min is killed by Murong Jun, the Xianbei emperor of the Former Yan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279672452#Asia", "title": "352", "revid": 1279672452, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 360, "year_label": "360 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Murong Jun, emperor of the Former Yan (b. 319)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332419195#Date_unknown", "title": "AD 360", "revid": 1332419195, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 367, "year_label": "367 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Murong Ke, Chinese general and statesman of Former Yan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326556842#Date_unknown", "title": "367", "revid": 1326556842, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 368, "year_label": "368 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yue Wan, Chinese general and politician of Former Yan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332421371#Date_unknown", "title": "368", "revid": 1332421371, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 369, "year_label": "369 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Eastern Jin general Huan Wen's third northern expedition is defeated by Former Yan general Murong Chui.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322977158#Asia", "title": "369", "revid": 1322977158, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 370, "year_label": "370 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Former Qin conquers Former Yan in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337457472#Asia", "title": "370", "revid": 1337457472, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 385, "year_label": "385 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (b. 350)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220298#Deaths", "title": "385", "revid": 1280220298, "section": "Deaths"}}]}