country_of_citizenship yuwen mohuai
The Yuwen is a Chinese compound surname originated from a pre - state clan of Xianbei ethnicity of ___MASK18___ origin during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in ___MASK32___ , until its destruction by Former Yan ' s prince Murong Huang in 345 . Among the eastern Xianbei clans that ranged from the central part of the present day Liaoning province and eastward , Yuwen clan was the largest , and was awarded the position of the leader of eastern Xianbei (  ) by Chinese rulers . A descendant of the Yuwen tribe , Yuwen Tai , established the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the 6th century . The Xianbei were proto - Mongols residing in what became today ' s eastern ___MASK71___ , Inner ___MASK71___ , and Northeast ___MASK32___ . Along with the Xiongnu , they were one of the major nomadic groups in northern ___MASK32___ during the Han Dynasty and subsequent dynastic periods . They eventually established their own northern dynasties , including the Northern Wei founded in the 4th century AD by the Tuoba clan . Murong Huang ( 297  348 ), courtesy name Yuanzhen (  ), formally Prince Wenming of ( Former ) ___MASK10___ ((  )  ) was a ruler of the Xianbei state Former ___MASK10___ and the commonly recognized founder of the state . When he first succeeded his father Murong Hui in 333 , he carried the ___MASK52___ ( 265 - 420 )- bestowed title Duke of Liaodong , but in 337 claimed the title of Prince of ___MASK10___ , which is traditionally viewed as the founding date of Former ___MASK10___ . ( Emperor Cheng of Jin did retroactively recognize Murong Huang ' s princely title in 341 after much debate among Jin officials .) After his son Murong Jun completely broke away from Jin and claimed the title of emperor in 353 , he was posthumoustly honored as Emperor Wenming of ( Former ) ___MASK10___ with the temple name Taizu (  ). Murong or Muren refers to an ethnic Xianbei tribe who are a Mongolic people attested from the time of Tanshihuai ( reigned 156 - 181 ). Different strands of evidence exist linking the Murong to the Mongols . Murong is also a Chinese surname . The Former ___MASK10___ ( 337 - 370 ), Western ___MASK10___ ( 384 - 394 ), Later ___MASK10___ ( 384 - 409 ) dynasties as well as Tuyuhun ( 285 - 670 ) were all founded by the Murong . The Sixteen Kingdoms , less commonly the Sixteen States , was a period in Chinese history from 304 to 439 in which the political order of northern ___MASK32___ fractured into a series of short - lived sovereign states , most of which were founded by ethnic minority peoples who had settled in northern ___MASK32___ during the preceding centuries and participated in the overthrow of the Western Jin Dynasty in the early 4th century . The period ended with the unification of northern ___MASK32___ by the Northern Wei in the early 5th century . Standard Chinese , also known as Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin , also often referred to as Putonghua , Guoyu or simply Mandarin , is a standard language that is the sole official language of both ___MASK32___ and Taiwan , and also one of the four official languages of Singapore . The pronunciation of the standard is based on the Beijing dialect , its vocabulary is drawn from Mandarin dialects , and the grammar is based on literature in the modern written vernacular . The Former ___MASK10___ ( 337 - 370 ) was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in ___MASK32___ . ___MASK32___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK32___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK32___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK32___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Yuwen Mohuai ( Chinese :  ; pinyin : Ywén Mòhuaí ) ( ? - 293 ) was a chieftain of the Yuwen tribe from 260 to 293 CE . Liaoning is a province of ___MASK32___ , located in the northeast of the country . The modern province was established in 1907 as Fengtian or Fengtien province and the name was changed to Liaoning in 1929 . It was also known as Mukden province at the time , for the Manchu pronunciation of Shengjing , the former name of the provincial capital Shenyang . Under the Japanese - puppet Manchukuo regime , the province reverted to its 1907 name but the name Liaoning was restored in 1945 and again in 1954 . ___MASK19___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK32___ ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include ___MASK32___ ( officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK32___ , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . ___MASK19___ is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . Mainland ___MASK32___ , also known as the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland , is the geopolitical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK32___ ( PRC ). It generally excludes the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau ; however , it usually includes Hainan . The term " mainland ___MASK32___ ", which avoids calling the area simply " ___MASK32___ " and thereby recognizing the founding of the PRC as " the " " ___MASK32___ ", was coined by the Kuomintang ( KMT ) after receiving control of Taiwan from Japan after World War II . By 1949 , the KMT - led Republic of ___MASK32___ ( ROC ) government was defeated in the Chinese Civil War in mainland ___MASK32___ and fled to the island of Taiwan where the KMT pledged to " retake the Mainland ". The KMT considers both sides of the Taiwan Strait ( including Taiwan ), as ( one ) " ___MASK32___ " and one country , whereas Taiwan ' s Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) considers only mainland ___MASK32___ as " ___MASK32___ " and Taiwan ( ROC ) as " Taiwan " and maintains that they are different countries . The ___MASK18___ ( Old Chinese : / qo . na /, Wade  Giles : Hsiung - nu ), were a confederation of nomadic peoples who , according to ancient Chinese sources , inhabited the eastern Asian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD . Chinese sources report that Modu Chanyu , the supreme leader after 209 BC , founded the ___MASK18___ Empire . ___MASK54___ is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia . It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South ___MASK32___ Sea into two similarly sized regions , Peninsular ___MASK54___ and East ___MASK54___ ( Malaysian Borneo ). Peninsular ___MASK54___ shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore , Vietnam , and Indonesia . East ___MASK54___ shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur , while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government . With a population of over 30 million , ___MASK54___ is the 44th most populous country . The southernmost point of continental Eurasia , Tanjung Piai , is in ___MASK54___ . Located in the tropics , ___MASK54___ is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth , with large numbers of endemic species . ___MASK24___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK24___ , and often referred to as the " Lion City " or the " Little Red Dot ", is a sovereign city - state in Southeast Asia , and the world ' s only island city - state . It lies one degree ( 137 km ) north of the equator , south of the southernmost tip of continental Asia and peninsular Malaysia , with ___MASK28___ ' s Riau Islands to the south . ___MASK24___ ' s territory consists of a diamond - shaped main island along with 62 other islets . Since independence , extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23 % ( 130 km ), and its greening policy has covered the densely populated island with tropical flora , parks and gardens . Pinyin , or Hàny Pnyn , is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland ___MASK32___ , Malaysia , Singapore , and Taiwan . It is often used to teach Standard Chinese , which is normally written using Chinese characters . The system includes four diacritics denoting tones . Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the Latin alphabet , and also in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters . An input method ( or input method ___MASK39___ , commonly abbreviated IME ) is an operating system component or program that allows any data , such as keyboard strokes or mouse movements , to be received as input . In this way users can enter characters and symbols not found on their input devices . Using an input method is obligatory for any language that has more graphemes than there are keys on the keyboard .