Yao Shuode's Western Expeditions

Yao Shuode's Western Expeditions
Date	July or August 400 – September or October 401
Location	Gansu
Result	Later Qin victory; Annexation of Western Qin; Submission of Later, Southern, Northern and Western Liang;
Belligerents
Later Qin	1st expedition: Western Qin 2nd expedition: Later Liang
Commanders and leaders
Yao Xing; Yao Shuode	Qifu Gangui ; Lü Long
Strength
50,000+ (1st expedition); 67,000+ (2nd expedition)	60,000+ (Western Qin)

Yao Shuode's Western Expeditions were a series of two successful campaigns by the Later Qin dynasty against the states of Western Qin and Later Liang from 400 to 401 during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. These expeditions, led by the general, Yao Shuode, ended in the submission of the Western Qin and the four Liangs (Later, Southern, Northern and Western), as well as the arrival of the Buddhist monk and translator, Kumārajīva at the Qin court in Chang'an.