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Huchuquan

r. 195–216 · 3rd century

Huchuquan was the last effectively independent chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, ruling from 195 to 216. In the wars at the end of the Han dynasty his people fought for and against various warlords until, in 216, Cao Cao detained him at Ye and divided the Southern Xiongnu into Five Divisions under Chinese supervision. His nephew Liu Bao's son Liu Yuan later founded the Han Zhao state.

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