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Gao Huan



Gao Huan (高歡) (496-547), nickname Heliuhun (賀六渾), formally Prince Xianwu of Qi (齊獻武王), later further formally honored by Northern Qi initially as Emperor Xianwu (獻武皇帝, literally "the wise and martial emperor"), then as Emperor Shenwu (神武皇帝, literally "the unnamable and martial emperor) with the temple name Gaozu (高祖), was the paramount general of the Chinese/Xianbei dynsty Northern Wei and Northern Wei's branch successor state Eastern Wei. Ethnically Han, Gao was deeply affected by Xianbei culture and was often considered more Xianbei than Han by his contemporaries.



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