page_title: Chanyu
hierarchical_section_title: Chanyu
caption_attribution_description: English: based on File:Asia laea relief location map.jpg. Data source: partially based on "Mongolian National Atlas" (2009)
context_page_description: Chanyu or Shanyu, short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu, was the title used by the supreme rulers of Inner Asian nomads for eight centuries until superseded by the title "Khagan" in 402 CE. The title was most famously used by the ruling Luandi clan of the Xiongnu during the Qin dynasty and Han dynasty. It was later also used infrequently by the Chinese as a reference to Gokturk leaders.
context_section_description: Chanyu (simplified Chinese: 单于; traditional Chinese: 單于; pinyin: Chányú) or Shanyu (Chinese: 善于), short for Chengli Gutu Chanyu (Chinese: 撐犁孤塗單于; pinyin: Chēnglí Gūtu Chányú; lit.: 'Tengri's great son'), was the title used by the supreme rulers of Inner Asian nomads for eight centuries  until superseded by the title "Khagan" in 402 CE.  The title was most famously used by the ruling Luandi clan of the Xiongnu during the Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE) and Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE).  It was later also used infrequently by the Chinese as a reference to Gokturk leaders.
caption: Xiongnu
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