Fu Sheng
In 354, when Jin's general Huan Wen launched a major attack against Former Qin, nearly destroying it, Fu Sheng was one of the generals whom Fu Jiàn commissioned to lead the army against Huan. Fu Sheng was personally successful in battles, single-handedly slaying tens of Jin's officers and soldiers and cutting down many enemy flags, but was not particularly successful as a commanding general. Eventually, Huan was forced to withdraw when his food supplies ran out, but Fu Sheng's older brother Fu Chang (苻萇) the Crown Prince, suffered an arrow wound during the campaign, and died in winter 354. Initially, his mother Empress Qiang wanted to create his younger brother, Fu Liu (苻柳) the Prince of Jin, crown prince, but Fu Jiàn, reading a prophecy that contained the phrase "three goats shall have five eyes," believed that the prophecy indicated that Fu Sheng should succeed him (because one of his eyes was blind), and therefore created Fu Sheng crown prince. After a failed coup by his cousin Fu Qing (苻菁) the Prince of Pingchang to take over in 355, Fu Sheng succeeded to the throne when his father died thereafter. He honored his mother Empress Qiang as empress dowager, and created his wife Princess Liang empress.