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Murong Yong

d. 394 · 4th century

Murong Yong was the last ruler of Western Yan, a Xianbei state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period in China. He took the throne in 386 amid the struggles that followed the collapse of Former Qin and ruled from Changzi in Shanxi. In 394 Murong Chui of Later Yan conquered his state and had him executed.

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