A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fu Têng
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602 Fu Têng 苻登 (T. 文高). A.D. 344-395. Fifth sovereign of the rebel dynasty known as the Earlier Ch'n, founded by Fu Chien (1) in A.D. 351. A descendant of Fa Chien (2) in the second generation, he was for a time Governor of Ch'ang-an in Shensi, but was ultimately banished to the frontier. When the government of the Chin dynasty fell into confusion, he joined 毛興 Mao Hsing who appointed him his Minister of War and his successor. On the death of Fu P'ei in 386, he assumed the Imperial title. Nine years later he was defeated and slain by Yao Hsing. Canonised by his son Fu Ch'ung as 高皇帝.