Huan Xuan

Huan Xuan (Chinese: 桓玄; pinyin: Huán Xuán) (369 – 19 June 404), courtesy name Jingdao (敬道), nickname Lingbao (靈寶), formally Emperor Wudao of Chu (楚武悼帝), was a Jin Dynasty warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin and declared his own state of Chu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Chǔ) in 403, known in historiography as Huan Chu (Chinese: 桓楚; pinyin: Huán Chǔ), but was defeated by an uprising led by the general Liu Yu in 404 and killed. He was the youngest son of Huan Wen.

Huan Xuan
Reign1 January 404 – 19 June 404
Born369
Died19 June 404 (aged 35)
SpouseEmpress Liu
Names
Family name: Huán (桓)
Given name: Xuán (玄)
Era dates
Yǒngshǐ 永始 (1 January 404 – 25 June 404)
Posthumous name
Emperor Wudao 武悼皇帝
DynastyHuan Chu (桓楚)
FatherHuan Wen
MotherLady Ma
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