Political structure Empire 405-410 Murong Chao Capturing of Guanggu 399 | 398-405 Murong De Established 398 | |
Capital Huatai (398-399)
Guanggu (399-410) | ||
The Southern Yan (Chinese: 南燕; pinyin: Nányàn; 398-410) was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Its territory roughly coincided with modern Shandong. Its founder Murong De was a son of Murong Huang and brother of Murong Jun and Murong Chui and therefore was an imperial prince during both Former Yan and Later Yan.
All rulers of the Former Yan declared themselves "emperors".
References
Southern Yan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA