Editing Southern Yan (section)

{{Short description|Xianbei-led Chinese dynastic state (398–410)}}
{{More references|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name            = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|燕|nocat=true}}}}
| conventional_long_name = Yan
| common_name            = Southern Yan|
| era                    = <!--- Use: "Napoleonic Wars", "Cold War", etc. --->
| status                 = 
| government_type        = [[Monarchy]]||<!--- Rise and fall, events, years and dates --->|<!-- only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration"-->|
| year_start             = 398
| year_end               = 410|
| year_exile_start       = <!--- Year of start of exile (if dealing with exiled government - status="Exile") --->
| year_exile_end         = <!--- Year of end of exile (leave blank if still in exile) --->|
| event_start            = <!--- Default: "Established" --->
| date_start             = <!--- Optional: Date of establishment, enter dates in this format 1 January 1801--->
| event_end              = <!--- Default: "Disestablished" --->
| date_end               = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment --->|
| event1                 = Capturing of Guanggu
| date_event1            = 399
| event2                 = 
| date_event2            = 
| event3                 = 
| date_event3            = 
| event4                 = 
| date_event4            = |
| event_pre              = <!--- Optional: A crucial event that took place before before "event_start"--->
| date_pre               = 
| event_post             = <!--- Optional: A crucial event that took place before after "event_end"--->
| date_post              = ||<!--- Flag navigation: Preceding and succeeding entities p1 to p5 and s1 to s5 --->
| p1                     = Later Yan
| flag_p1                = <!--- Default: "Flag of {{{p1}}}.svg" (size 30) --->
| image_p1               = <!--- Use: [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] --->
| p2                     = 
| flag_p2                = 
| p3                     = 
| flag_p3                = 
| p4                     = 
| flag_p4                = 
| p5                     = 
| flag_p5                = 
| s1                     = Jin Dynasty (266–420)
| flag_s1                = <!--- Default: "Flag of {{{S1}}}.svg" (size 30) --->
| image_s1               = <!--- Use: [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] --->
| s2                     = 
| flag_s2                = 
| s3                     = 
| flag_s3                = 
| s4                     = 
| flag_s4                = 
| s5                     = 
| flag_s5                = |
| image_flag             = <!--- Default: Flag of {{{Common_name}}}.svg --->
| flag                   = <!--- Link target under flag image. Default: Flag of {{{Common_name}}} --->
| flag_type              = <!--- Displayed text for link under flag. Default "Flag" --->|
| image_coat             = <!--- Default: Coat of arms of {{{Common_name}}}.svg --->
| symbol                 = <!--- Link target under symbol image. Default: Coat of arms of {{{Common_name}}} --->
| symbol_type            = <!--- Displayed text for link under symbol. Default "Coat of arms" --->|
| image_map              = Sixteen Kingdoms 400 AD (2).jpg
| image_map_caption      = Southern Yan in 400 AD|
| image_map2             = <!-- If second map is needed - does not appear by default -->
| image_map2_caption     = |
| capital                = Huatai (398–399)<br>Guanggu (399–410)
| capital_exile          = <!-- If status="Exile" -->
| latd                   = 
| latm                   = 
| latNS                  = 
| longd                  = 
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| longEW                 = |
| national_motto         = 
| national_anthem        = 
| common_languages       = 
| religion               = 
| currency               = ||<!--- Titles and names of the first and last leaders and their deputies --->
| leader1                = [[Murong De]]
| leader2                = [[Murong Chao]]
| leader3                = 
| leader4                = 
| year_leader1           = 398–405
| year_leader2           = 405–410
| year_leader3           = 
| year_leader4           = 
| title_leader           = Emperor
| representative1        = <!--- Name of representative of head of state (eg. colonial governor) --->
| representative2        = 
| representative3        = 
| representative4        = 
| year_representative1   = <!--- Years served --->
| year_representative2   = 
| year_representative3   = 
| year_representative4   = 
| title_representative   = <!--- Default: "Governor"--->
| deputy1                = <!--- Name of prime minister --->
| deputy2                = 
| deputy3                = 
| deputy4                = 
| year_deputy1           = <!--- Years served --->
| year_deputy2           = 
| year_deputy3           = 
| year_deputy4           = 
| title_deputy           = <!--- Default: "Prime minister" --->||<!--- Legislature --->
| legislature            = <!--- Name of legislature --->
| house1                 = <!--- Name of first chamber --->
| type_house1            = <!--- Default: "Upper house"--->
| house2                 = <!--- Name of second chamber --->
| type_house2            = <!--- Default: "Lower house"--->||<!--- Area and population of a given year --->
| stat_year1             = <!--- year of the statistic, specify either area, population or both --->
| stat_area1             = <!--- area in square kílometres (w/o commas or spaces), area in square miles is calculated --->
| stat_pop1              = <!--- population (w/o commas or spaces), population density is calculated if area is also given --->
| stat_year2             = 
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| stat_year5             = 
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| footnotes              = <!--- Accepts wikilinks --->
| today                  = [[China]]
}}
'''Yan''', known in historiography as the '''Southern Yan''' ({{zh|s=南燕|t=南燕|p=Nán Yān}}; 398–410), was a [[Dynasties of China|dynastic state of China]] ruled by the Murong clan of the [[Xianbei]] during the era of [[Sixteen Kingdoms]]. Its founder [[Murong De]] (Emperor Xianwu) was a son of [[Murong Huang]] (Emperor Wenming) and brother of [[Murong Jun]] (Emperor Jingzhao) and [[Murong Chui]] (Emperor Chengwu), and therefore was an imperial prince of both the [[Former Yan]] and [[Later Yan]] dynasties.

All rulers of the Southern Yan declared themselves "[[Emperor of China|emperors]]". Initially ruling from Huatai (滑台, in modern [[Anyang]], [[Henan]]) in northern [[Henan]], they later moved to [[Shandong]] and established Guanggu (廣固, in modern [[Qingzhou]], Shandong) as their capital. As one of many Yan states from the period, they were given the prefix of "Southern" by historiographers to distinguish them with the others as they were based south of the [[Yellow River]].