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{{short description|Chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name            =Huyandi
| title           =Huyandi [[Chanyu]]
| image= Hsiung-nu-Empire.png
| caption         =<small>Domain and influence of the Eastern Huns</small>
| reign           =c. 85–68 BC
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| predecessor     =[[Hulugu Chanyu]]
|successor =[[Xulüquanqu Chanyu]]
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| dynasty         =[[Modu Chanyu]] 
| father          =[[Hulugu Chanyu]]
| mother          = Zhuanqu Yanzhi
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'''Huyandi''' ({{zh|t=壺衍鞮}}) was the son and successor of [[Hulugu Chanyu]]. He ruled as the [[Chanyu]] of the [[Xiongnu Empire]] from 85 to 68 BC.{{sfn|Loewe|2000|p=629}}

Huyandi was not first in the line of succession and only became chanyu, due to a plot by his mother Zhuanqu Yanzhi and the [[Han dynasty|Han]] defector Wei Lü. He came to power in 85 BC.{{sfn|Loewe|2000|p=178}}

In 71 BC, [[Chang Hui]] and two other generals led a force of 100,000 to aid the [[Wusun]] against the Xiongnu. The majority of the forces failed to find any Xiongnu, but Chang Hui successfully aided the Wusun in defeating a Xiongnu invasion. However, the Xiongnu came back in winter and took many captives. On the way back across the [[Altai Mountains]], the Xiongnu suffered heavy casualties from a sudden blizzard, devastating their army. The next year the Xiongnu were attacked on all sides by Wusun, [[Wuhuan]], and the Han. One-third of all Xiongnu died.{{sfn|Whiting|2002|p=174}}

Huyandi died in 68 BC and was succeeded by his brother, [[Xulüquanqu]].{{sfn|Loewe|2000|p=629}}

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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*{{citation|last=Chang|first=Chun-shu|year=2007|title=The Rise of the Chinese Empire 1|publisher=The University of Michigan Press}}
*{{citation|last=Cosmo|first=Nicola Di|year=2002|title=Ancient China and Its Enemies|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
*{{citation|last=Cosmo|first=Nicola di|year=2009|title=Military Culture in Imperial China|publisher=Harvard University Press}}
*{{citation|last=Loewe|first=Michael|year=2000|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han, and Xin Periods|publisher=Brill}}
*Taskin B.S., ''"Materials on Sünnu history"'', Science, Moscow, 1968, p.&nbsp;31 (In Russian)
*{{citation|last=Whiting|first=Marvin C.|year=2002|title=Imperial Chinese Military History|publisher=Writers Club Press}}

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{{s-bef | before=[[Hulugu]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= [[Chanyu]] of the [[Xiongnu Empire]]| years=85&ndash;68 BC}}
{{s-aft | after=[[Xulüquanqu]]}}
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[[Category:Chanyus]]
[[Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia]]
[[Category:68 BC deaths]]