Person

Qifu Guoren

d. 388 · 4th century

Qifu Guoren was a chief of the Qifu clan of the Xianbei who founded Western Qin in 385, after the collapse of Former Qin following the Battle of Fei River. He ruled from Yuanchuan near modern Yuzhong in Gansu over Xianbei herders and Chinese farmers, and was succeeded by his brother Qifu Gangui in 388.

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Western Qin

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