Yuwen Mogui (, died after 302) was a chieftain of the

Yuwen The Yuwen ( < Eastern Han Chinese: *''wa^B-mun'' <

Yuwen Qiubuqin as chieftain, likely in 299, and was succeeded by his son Yuwen Xunniyan. He waged frequent wars on the

Murong Murong (; Eastern Han Chinese, LHC: *''mɑC-joŋ''; Middle Chinese, EMC: *''mɔh-juawŋ'') or Muren refers to an ethnic Xianbei tribe who are attested from the time of Tanshihuai (reigned 156–181). Different strands of evidence exist linking ...

and other tribes, and greatly expanded Yuwen's territory and prestige. Under his leadership, the Yuwen tribe controlled an area extending from modern

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in the west to

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in the east, including the Shira Muren and the Laoha River valleys. In 299, he entered into a marriage alliance with the

Tuoba The Tuoba (Chinese language, Chinese) or Tabgatch (, ''Tabγač''), also known by #Names, other names, was an influential Xianbei clan in early imperial China. During the Sixteen Kingdoms after the fall of Han and the Three Kingdoms, the Tuoba e ...

tribe, as his son Yuwen Xunniyan married

Tuoba Luguan Tuoba Luguan (; pinyin: Tuòbá Lùguān) (died 307), was chieftain of the Tuoba clan from 294 to 307. He was a son of Tuoba Liwei, the brother of Tuoba Shamohan, Tuoba Xilu, Tuoba Chuo. In 294, Tuoba Luguan became chieftain of the Tuoba upon the d ...

's eldest daughter. This alliance protected the Tuoba against incursions by the

tribe and their Duan allies. In late 302, Yuwen Mogui took the title ''

shanyu Chanyu () or Shanyu (), short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (), was the title used by the supreme rulers of Inner Asian nomads for eight centuries until superseded by the title "''Khagan''" in 402 AD. The title was most famously used by the ruling ...

'' and dispatched a force led by his younger brother, Yuwen Quyun (), to fight against the Murong chieftain

Murong Hui Murong Hui (慕容廆, 269 – 4 June 333), courtesy name Yiluo (弈洛), was an Xianbei chief, formally known as Duke Xiang of Liaodong, posthumously honored as Emperor Wuxuan (武宣皇帝). In the Book of Jin, Murong Hui was described as ...

. Yuwen Quyun was unsuccessful, so he recruited a tribal leader named Sunuyan (), possibly a Tuoba, to attack Murong Hui. Sunuyan besieged Murong Hui in his capital but, unable to conquer it, was eventually routed by the Murong army.Holmgren, p. 32.

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'', vol. 91. Mogui {{China-bio-stub