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{{About|the Chinese Former Qin emperor 苻丕|the plant known in Chinese as fǔ pí (腐蜱)|Premna microphylla}}

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|name=Emperor Aiping of Former Qin<br/>前秦哀平帝

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|birth_date= unknown

|death_date=386

| era name = Tài 'ān (太安)

| era dates = 385–386

|posthumous name=Emperor Aiping (哀平皇帝, {{lit}} "lamentable and peaceful")

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| predecessor = [[Fu Jian (337–385)|Fú Jiān]]

| successor = [[Fu Deng]]

| house = Fu

| dynasty = [[Former Qin]]

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'''Fu Pi''' ({{zh|c=苻丕}}; [[fl.]] 357 - {{circa}}November 386<ref>10th month of the 11th year of the ''Tai'yuan'' era, per vol. 106 of ''Zizhi Tongjian''. The month corresponds to 8 Nov to 7 Dec 386 in the Julian calendar.</ref>), [[courtesy name]] '''Yongshu''' (永叔), formallyalso known by his [[posthumous name]] as the '''Emperor Aiping of (Former) Qin''' ((前)秦哀平帝),<ref>{{cite book |title=十六國春秋別本·卷四前秦錄(Annals of the Sixteen Nations, ch. 4 - records of Former Qin)|language=zh}}</ref> was an [[Emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Di (Five Barbarians)|Di]]-led [[Former Qin|Former Qin]] dynasty]] of China. He was [[Fu Jian (337–385)|Fu Jiān]] (Emperor Xuanzhao)'s oldest son, although not his [[crown prince]], and. afterAfter Fu Jiān's death at the hands of [[Yao Chang]], the founder of the [[Later Qin]] dynasty, Fu Pi and his brother Crown Prince Fu Hong (苻宏) the Crown Prince was forced to flee to the [[Jin Dynastydynasty (265-420266–420)#Eastern Jin (317–420)|Eastern Jin dynasty]],. heHe then claimed the imperial title in 385, but was defeated by the [[Western Yan]] prince [[Murong Yong]] in 386, and then subsequently killed by the Eastern Jin general Feng Gai (馮該).

==Early career==

It is not known when Fu Pi was born. Fu Pi was first mentioned in historical records in 357, when his father Fu Jiān overthrew the violent and whimsical emperor [[Fu Sheng (Former Qin)|Fu Sheng]] and took the throne with the title "Heavenly PrinceKing" (''[[Tian Wang]]''). Fu Jiān created Fu Pi, his oldest son, the Duke of Changle. At that time, Fu Pi was described to have talent in both governance and military matters, whose talents were only lesser to his uncle [[Fu Rong]], whose abilities were much praised by historians. He was appointed governor of Yongzhou (雍州, in modern southeastern [[Zhenyuan County, Gansu]]) in 368.

In 378, Fu Jiān commissioned Fu Pi to command a large army against the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin]] city Xiangyang (襄陽, in modern [[Xiangfan]], [[Hubei]]). At the advice of the general Gou Chang (苟萇), Fu Pi chose to surround the city and cut off its supply route to strangle it into submission, rather than making direct assaults on the city. However, around the new year 379, Fu Jiān, anxious to capture the city, sent him a sword, stating that if by the spring he had not captured the city, he should kill himself with the sword. After receiving the sword, Fu Pi, in fear, made a fierce attack on the city and captured it.