Yujiulü Tuhezhen (;

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally writte ...

: Yùjiǔlǘ Tǔhèzhēn) was ruler of the Rouran from September 444 to 464 with the title of Chu Khagan (處可汗). He was the son of

Yujiulü Wuti Yujiulü Wuti (; pinyin: Yùjiǔlǘ Wútí) was a ruler of the Rouran (July, 429 – September, 444) with the title of Qilian or Chilian Khagan (敕連可汗). He was the son of Yujiulü Datan. Reign In 432, Northern Wei captured 20 Rouran warri ...

Reign

He inherited a war with Northern Wei from his father but 5 years of his reign went relatively calm. In winter 448 and spring 449, Emperor Taiwu and Crown Prince Huang attacked Rouran together, but Tuhezhen eluded them and did not engage them. In fall 449, however, Tuoba Na, Wei general was able to inflict heavy losses on Rouran, and for several years Rouran did not attack. In winter 458, Emperor Wencheng launched a major attack against Rouran, but considered abandoning it when his troops encountered a snow storm. At Yuchi Juan's urging (arguing that a withdrawal would unduly signal weakness to Rouran), however, Emperor Wencheng continued, and while he was not able to deal a major defeat to Tuhezhen, a number of Rouran tribesmen surrendered. During his reign, last remnant of Northern Liang was invaded and

Juqu Anzhou Juqu Anzhou (; died 460) is viewed by some historians as a ruler of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Northern Liang dynasty, as after the state's territory was largely seized by the Northern Wei in 439, and his older brother Juqu Mujian (Prince Ai) was ca ...

deposed in 460. Tuhezhen made Kan Bozhou ( 闞伯周) the King of

Gaochang Gaochang (; Old Uyghur: ''Qocho''), also called Khocho, Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), was a ruined, ancient oasis city on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in present-day Xinj ...

instead. He was succeeded by

Yujiulü Yucheng Yujiulü Yucheng (; pinyin: Yùjiǔlǘ Yúchéng) (?–485) was ruler of the Rouran (464–485) with the title of Shouluobuzhen Khagan (受羅部真可汗). He was the first Rouran ruler to adopt Chinese style era name, which was Yongkang (永康 ...

in 464.

Sources

*''

History of the Northern Dynasties The ''History of the Northern Dynasties'' () is one of the official Chinese historical works in the ''Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. The text contains 100 volumes and covers the period from 386 to 618, the histories of Northern Wei, Western W ...

'', vol. 86. *'' Book of Wei'', vol 103.

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