Huan Wen

Who was Huan Wen?

Huan Wen, courtesy name Yuanzi, formally Duke Xuanwu of Nan Commandery, was a general of the Jin Dynasty. He is commonly viewed as one of the greatest generals since Jin's loss of northern China, as he led the campaign that destroyed Cheng Han and annexed its lands to Jin, and had some successes against the northern states Former Qin and Former Yan. After his death, the Huan clan would be entrenched in the Jin power struction for decades, after his son Huan Xuan temporarily usurped the Jin throne in 403 as the emperor of Chu, he was posthumously honored as Emperor Xuanwu of Chu with the temple name of Taizu.