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Duan Ye

d. 401 · 4th century

Duan Ye was a Chinese official of the Later Liang state in the Hexi Corridor whom the Lushuihu chief Juqu Mengxun proclaimed ruler in 397, founding the Northern Liang. A scholarly man with little real power, he was overthrown and killed by Juqu Mengxun in 401, after which the Juqu family ruled the state until the Northern Wei conquest of 439.

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Northern Liang

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