Research On The Rise And Decline Of The Later Yan

The defeat of the Former Qin Dynasty at Feishui provided the best opportunity for the rise of Yan,and the restoration force with Murongchui as the core successfully revived the state of Yan.After the death of Murongchui,the Later Yan flourished and declined,and split into two parts,the north and the south.The north retreated to Longcheng and passed to Murongxi.Murongchui,Murongbao,Murongsheng and Murongxi were the only four sovereigns of the Later Yan.Lanhan claimed that the King of Changli caused the brief demise of the Later Yan,and Murongsheng killed Lanhan to restore the country.The Later Yan can be divided into three historical stages: Murongchui,Murongbao and Murongsheng Murongxi.It was the historical environment of the rise of the Later Yan that the turmoil of the Jin Dynasty moved to the south and the regime rose in the north.The unification of the north by the Former Qin against the tide of The Times was eventually disintegrated due to the restriction of the historical environment.The establishment of Zhongshan as the capital accelerated the pace of the revival of the Later Yan,but also brought about the excessive Sinicization and the northwest frontier crisis.Decades of management of the Former Yan in Guandong laid the foundation for the rise of the Later Yan.The influence of the political structure of the central plains,the stable tribes and the differences of customs and cultures in the east and west regions provided the historical possibility for the revival of the Later Yan.With Murongchui as the core,the Founding Force actively rebuilt the national system and made the Later Yan prosperous."Taking the world by righteousness" reduced the moral resistance to the restoration of the country.Murongchui established Murongbao as the crown prince by primogeniture and Muronghui as Murongbao’s heir by talent.The contradiction between two inheritance systems caused the chaos of the succession of the Later Yan monarch and caused the internal chaos of the clan.The inadequacy of the system construction of the Later Yan made the state system seem fragile,while the mediocrity of Murongbao made the state system tend to chaos and collapse,which made the subsequent monarchs unable to repair.The military genius Murongchui and many famous generals ensured the smooth revival of the Later Yan,and the Later Yan who lost Murongchui was frequently defeated in the war between Later Yan and Northern Wei,which also exposed many contradictions in the Later Yan.Continued wars and hidden populations severely weakened the central government of the Later Yan,and the census of population led to the centrifugation of interest groups,which all accelerated the decline of the Later Yan.In order to pursue the vested interests of the Former Yan period,all strata in Guandong supported the restoration of the Later Yan.But the Guandong gentry failed to recover the status of the Former Yan and turned to seek a better regime.The Hu nationality in Guandong reversed the disadvantageous position of the Former Yan and promoted its discourse power in the Later Yan regime.With the Murong clan fighting,the Hu clan wanted to replace the Murong clan gradually.The weakening of civil politics and the strengthening of Hu nationality made the ruling foundation of the whole country narrow.From the initial joint efforts to recover the country to the gradual separation of the various strata of the Later Yan,the national system of Later Yan became loose and disintegrated.When Murongxi was tyrannical,he lost the popular support and eventually led to his demise.