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Liu Kun

271–318 · 4th century

Liu Kun was a Western Jin general, poet and governor of Bingzhou in northern China who held out against the Xiongnu state of Han Zhao after the collapse of Jin authority in the north. He relied on alliances with the Tuoba chief Tuoba Yilu, whom Jin made Duke and then Prince of Dai, and with the Duan Xianbei. In 318 the Duan chief Duan Pidi had him killed.

Liu Kun
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Duan XianbeiDai (Sixteen Kingdoms)

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