Princess Zhejue

Who is Princess Zhejue?

Princess Zhejue was the only historically known princess of the Chinese/Xianbei state Southern Liang. Her husband was the state's final prince, Tufa Rutan.

Very little is known about Princess Zhejue, who was likely from the nearby Zhejue tribe, also of Xianbei extraction. She bore Tufa Rutan at least one son, the crown prince Tufa Hutai. It is not known when she died, and therefore not whether she survived the state's destruction in 414 and her husband's and son's deaths at the hands of Western Qin's prince Qifu Chipan.