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in return for his wife and mother, who were stranded in Later Qin. Another clause in this agreement was that Murong Chao was forced to give his court musicians to Later Qin and so, in 409, Murong Chao decided to raid Jin territory and capture people to be trained as new musicians. This raid was very
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