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Duan Pidi

d. 321 · 4th century

Duan Pidi was a chief of the Duan Xianbei in north China in the early 4th century, nominally loyal to the Jin dynasty. In 318 he killed the Jin loyalist general Liu Kun, who had sought refuge with him, an act widely condemned. Defeated by the Later Zhao ruler Shi Le's forces, he was captured and killed in 321.

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