Huan Xuan (Chinese: 桓玄; pinyin: Huán Xuán) (369 – 19 June 404), courtesy name Jingdao (敬道), nickname Lingbao (靈寶), formally Emperor Wudao of Chu (楚武悼帝), was a Jin Dynasty warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin and declared his own state of Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ) in 403, known in historiography as Huan Chu (Chinese: 桓楚; pinyin: Huán Chǔ), but was defeated by an uprising led by the general Liu Yu in 404 and killed. He was the youngest son of Huan Wen.
^ abcdZizhi Tongjian, vol. 113.
^ abrenchen day of the 12th month of the 2nd year of the Yuanxing era
^ abrenwu day of the 5th month of the 3rd year of the Yuanxing era
^Huan Xuan's biography in Jin Shu indicated that he was 36 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 369.
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