Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms)

Tiefu () was a pre-state Xiongnu tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Its chieftain Liu Bobo established the state of Xia in 407 and changed his family name into Helian.

Although the Xia only lasted up to 431, its capital Tongwan (in Ordos) was certainly a heavily fortified and state-of-the-art city that would serve as a frontier garrison until the Song Dynasty. Its ruins was discovered in Qing Dynasty and can still be seen in present-day Inner Mongolia.

All rulers of the Xia declared themselves "emperors".

Chieftains of the Tiefu and rulers of the Xia

Temple names	Posthumous names	Family names and given name	Durations of reigns	Era names and their according durations
Chinese convention: use family name and given name
Chieftains of the Tiefu
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉去卑 Liú Qùbēi	260-272	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉誥升爰 Liú Gàoshēngyuán	272-309	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉虎 Liú Hǔ	309-341	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉務恒 Liú Wùhéng	341-356	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉閼陋頭 Liú èlòutóu	356-358	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉悉勿祈 Liú Xīwùqí	358-359	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉衛辰 Liú Wèichén	359-391	Did not exist
Did not exist	Did not exist	劉勃勃 Liú Bóbó	391-407	Did not exist
Rulers of the Xia
Shizu (世祖 Shìzǔ)	Wulie (武烈 Wǔliè)	赫連勃勃 Hèlián Bóbó	407-425	Longsheng (龍升 Lóngshēng) 407-413 Fengxiang (鳳翔 Fèngxiáng) 413-418 Changwu (昌武 Chāngwǔ) 418-419 Zhenxing (真興 Zhēnxīng) 419-425
Did not exist	Did not exist	赫連昌 Hèlián Chāng	425-428	Chengguang (承光 Chéngguāng) 425-428
Did not exist	Did not exist	赫連定 Hèlián Dìng	428-431	Shengguang (勝光 Shèngguāng) 428-431

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Chieftains of the Tiefu and rulers of the Xia

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