Yao Chang

Emperor Wuzhao of Later Qin 後秦武昭帝
Emperor of Later Qin
ruler of Later Qin
Reign	384–394
Successor	Yao Xing
Born	331
Died	394 (aged 62–63)
Burial	Yuan Mausoleum (原陵)
Spouse	Empress She Empress Dowager Suen
Issue	Yao Xing
Names Yao Chang (姚萇) Era dates Bái què (白雀): 384–386 Jiàn chū (建初): 386–393 Regnal name Grand General, Grand Chanyu, King of Qin of Ten Thousand Years (大將軍 大單于 萬年秦王, 384–386) Emperor (since 386) Posthumous name Emperor Wuzhao (武昭皇帝, lit. "martial and accomplished") Temple name Taizu (太祖)
House	Yao
Dynasty	Later Qin
Father	Yao Yizhong

Yao Chang (Chinese: 姚萇; 331–394), courtesy name Jingmao (景茂), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Wuzhao of Later Qin (後秦武昭帝), was the founding emperor of the Qiang-led Chinese Later Qin dynasty. His father Yao Yizhong had been a powerful general and Qiang chieftain under the Later Zhao emperor Shi Hu, but after Later Zhao's collapse after Shi Hu's death, Yao Chang's older brother Yao Xiang tried to start an independent state but was defeated and killed by Former Qin forces. Yao Chang became a Former Qin general, but after an incident in 384 after the Former Qin emperor Fu Jiān's defeat at the Battle of Fei River, Yao Chang feared that Fu Jiān would kill him and therefore rebelled. He subsequently captured and killed Fu Jiān, who had saved his life when Yao Xiang was defeated, causing many historians to view him as a traitor and murderer.