Liu Qubei (;
pinyin
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: Liú Qùbēi), (died 272) was a
Tiefu Xiongnu chieftain from 260 to 272. He bore the title "Right Virtuous Prince" (; known in the ''
Book of Wei
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'' as the "Left Virtuous Prince").
There is uncertainty about the lineage of Liu Qubei; some records say that he was the second son of the
Xiongnu Chanyu Yufuluo (於扶羅), and that he was an uncle of the
Han Zhao
The Han Zhao (; 304–329 AD), or Former Zhao (), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Xiongnu people during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Chinese history. In Chinese historiography, it was given two conditional state titles, the Northern ...
ruler
Liu Yuan.
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Former Zhao emperors
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) people
Xiongnu
272 deaths
Year of birth unknown