Fu Chong
Fu Chong 苻崇 | |||||||||
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Emperor of Former Qin | |||||||||
Emperor of Former Qin | |||||||||
Reign | 394 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Fu Deng | ||||||||
Born | 343[note 1] | ||||||||
Died | 394 | ||||||||
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House | Fu (Pu) | ||||||||
Dynasty | Former Qin |
Fu Chong (Chinese: 苻崇; died 394) was the last emperor of the Di-led Former Qin dynasty of China. He assumed the throne in 394 after the death of his father, Fu Deng (Emperor Gao). He later died in battle against the Western Qin dynasty, thus marking the collapse of the Former Qin.[1]
During Fu Deng's reign[edit]
Fu Chong was first mentioned in history in 386, when his father assumed imperial title of Former Qin after the death of Fu Pi (Emperor Aiping). In 387, Fu Deng created Fu Pi's son Fu Yi (苻懿) crown prince and created Fu Chong the Prince of Dongping and made him one of the key officials. After Fu Yi died in 388, Fu Chong was created crown prince. His involvements in his father's campaigns against the rival Later Qin's emperor Yao Chang are not completely clear.
In 394, after Yao Chang's death, Fu Deng launched a major attack against Later Qin; he had his brother Fu Guang (苻廣) defend the base of Yongcheng (雍城, in modern Baoji, Shaanxi) and Fu Chong defend the base of Hu Kong Castle (
Brief reign[edit]
Upon hearing his father's death, Fu Chong fled to Huangzhong (湟中, in modern Xining, Qinghai), under Qifu Gangui's control, and declared himself emperor. He created his son Fu Xuan (苻宣) crown prince. However, in winter 394, Qifu Gangui expelled him, and he fled to one of his father's last remaining generals, Yang Ding the Prince of Longxi. Yang led his forces to join Fu Chong's to attack Qifu Gangui. Qifu Gangui sent Qifu Yizhou and two other generals, Qifu Ketan (乞伏軻彈) and Yuezhi Jiegui (
Personal information[edit]
- Father
- Fu Deng (Emperor Gao)
- Children
- Fu Xuan (苻宣), the Crown Prince (created 394)
References[edit]
- ^ Wei Shou. "
列傳 匈奴 劉 聰 羯胡石 勒鐵 弗 劉 虎 徒 何 慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇略 陽 氐吕光 " [Biographies of Xiongnu Liu Cong, Jiewu Shi Le, Titfu Liu Hu, Tuhe Murong Hui, Linweidi Fu Jiān, Qiang Yao Chang, Lueyangdi Lü Guang]. Book of Wei (in Chinese). Vol. 95. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ It is uncertain whether or not Fu Chong was born in 343