Yujiulü Chounu was ruler of the Rouran with the title of Douluofubadoufa Khagan.
Reign
He was firstborn son of Yujiulü Futu and he succeeded his father when he was killed in a battle against Gaoche. This was when Gaochang king Qu Jia rebelled against Rouran and resubmitted to Gaoche. In the summer of 510 he sent the Wei court to the Buddhist monk Hong Xuan, who presented the Emperor Xuanwu with a statue inlaid with pearls. As an answer, Xuanwu decided to send general Ma Yishu as an envoy in 514, however Xuanwu died soon after decision, therefore embassy was cancelled. This time Chounu switched sides and sent his envoy Qijin Bijian to Liang Dynasty same year. In 516, he marched on Gaoche in order to avenge his father. This campaign was a success, Gaoche leader Mietu was arrested and in reprisal towed to death by a horse. Moved by his success, he immediately sent his envoys Qijin Bijian, Hexi Wuiliba and Gong Guli to neighboring Northern Wei and Liang with gifts. Another tributecomposed of 700 slaves was sent to Wei court in 519.
Soon, Chounu began having problems in family life. His infant brother Zuhui disappeared from the headquarters and no one could find him. Khagan was very worried. The twenty-year-old shamaness Dauhun Diwan appeared, who announced that Zuhui was taken alive by spirits to heaven and can be returned. Khagan ordered a seven-day prayer service and, unexpectedly, Zuhui ran into his yurt and said that he had been living in heaven for a year. Chounu was happy and ordered Diwan to divorce her husband Fusheng and made her his wife. Soon Chounu fellin love with her and ceased to deal with management affairs. When Zuhui grew up, Dowager Khatun Hou Luling found out that the story of heaven was invented by Diwan, and Zuhui lived in her yurt for all these days. Chouni did not believe this and soon Divan persuaded him to execute Zuhui. While Dowager Khatun Houluilin ordered his servants to strangle Dawhun Diwan. Moreover, unexpectedly, the Gaoche attacked and defeated the Rourans. Chounu decided to return to the headquarters and execute the murderers of his wife, but on the orders of the his mother Chounu was executed by the princes as well, who put his younger brotherAnagui on the throne in 520.
