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Tufa Wugu

d. 399 · 4th century

Tufa Wugu was the founder of Southern Liang, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms of northern China. Chief of the Tufa branch of the Xianbei, settled in the Huangshui valley of eastern Qinghai, he broke away from Later Liang in 397 and proclaimed himself king. He died in 399 after a fall from his horse and was succeeded by his brothers Tufa Lilugu and Tufa Rutan, who continued to rule the state.

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