Later Qin

Qin 秦
384–417
Later Qin in 404 AD
Capital	Chang'an
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 384–393	Yao Chang
• 394–416	Yao Xing
• 416–417	Yao Hong
History
• Established	384
• Yao Chang's claim of imperial title	386
• Liu Bobo's rebellion	407
• Disestablished	20 September[1][2] 417
Preceded by Succeeded by Former Qin Western Yan Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) Jin Dynasty (266–420)
Today part of	China

Qin, known in historiography as the Later Qin (simplified Chinese: 后秦; traditional Chinese: 後秦; pinyin: Hòuqín; 384–417) or Yao Qin (姚秦), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Yao clan of Qiang ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China.^[3] As the only Qiang-led state among the Sixteen Kingdoms, it was most known for its propagation of Buddhism under its second ruler, Yao Xing, who sponsored the Madhyamakin monk, Kumārajīva to translate Sanskrit Buddhist text into Chinese.

All rulers of the Later Qin declared themselves emperors, but for a substantial part of Yao Xing's reign, he used the title Heavenly King. Historiographers gave the state the prefix of "Later" to distinguish it with the Former Qin and Western Qin as it was founded during the Former Qin's collapse after the Battle of Fei River and went on to conquer the Former Qin's power base in the Guanzhong. With Chang'an as its capital, the Later Qin also controlled Henan and vassalised the Western Qin, the four Liangs (Later, Southern, Northern and Western), Southern Yan, Qiao Shu, Chouchi and various tribes of the Ordos region.