Founded by the Fu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in 376.
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He was a general under the emperor Murong Chong, whose people wanted to return east to their homeland but who, after capturing the Former Qin capital Chang'an, wanted to settle in Chang'an, against the wishes of his people.
The Western Yan people—400,000 men and women—then abandoned Chang'an, which had been the Former Qin capital but was captured by the prior Western Yan ruler Murong Chong -- to head back to their homeland in the east.
At that time, the Western Yan people were on an exodus from Chang'an, the Former Qin capital that they had captured in 385 but abandoned earlier in 386 because they wanted to head east back to their homeland.
Battle of Fei River (淝水之戰), fought between Former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty in AD 383
In November 383 the Former Qin troops set up camp west of the Fei River.
Fú Jiān (苻堅) (338–385, r. 357–385), ruler of Former Qin, posthumous name Emperor Xuanzhao
Fú Jiàn (苻健) (317–355, r. 351–355), founding emperor of Former Qin, posthumous name Emperor Jingming
In 382, the Former Qin king Fu Jian sent General Lü Guang on a military expedition to the Dayuan kingdom and promoted him to Protector General of the western border regions.