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Huan Xuan
Huan Xuan was a warlord of the Eastern Jin dynasty and son of the powerful general Huan Wen. From his base in the middle Yangtze he took the capital Jiankang in 402 and in 403 forced Emperor An to abdicate, proclaiming his own dynasty of Chu. Liu Yu rose against him early in 404, and he was killed while fleeing.
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