YUAN HE
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Yuan He (403-October 22, 479), ne Tufa Poqiang, formally Prince Xuan of Longxi, was a high level official of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei.
He was a son of Southern Liang's last prince Tufa Rutan, and after Southern Liang's destruction he fled to Northern Wei and began to serve as an official, gradually reaching positions of great power during the reigns of Emperor Wencheng and Emperor Xianwen.
Tufa Poqiang was born in 403, a year after his father Tufa Rutan had become Southern Liang's prince.
After Southern Liang was destroyed by Western Qin in 414, Tufa He appeared to have, along with his father and most of his family, surrendered to Western Liang's prince Qifu Chipan.
After his older brother Tufa Hutai and sister Princess Tufa (Qifu Chipan's wife) were executed in 423, after their failed plot to assassinate Qifu Chipan, Tufa Poqiang, along with a number of his brothers and other relatives, first fled to Northern Liang, and then to Northern Wei.
He was created the Marquess of Xiping, and Emperor Mingyuan was particularly amazed at his talents.
