Murong Zhong (慕容忠; died 386) was an emperor of the Xianbei state Western Yan. He was the son of Western Yan's founder, Murong Hong the Prince of Jibei, a son of the Former Yan emperor Murong Jun.

In 386, a year that had already seen four Western Yan rulers killed, Murong Zhong was made emperor by the general Murong Yong after Murong Yong had killed Murong Yao. Murong Zhong made Murong Yong the commander of the armed forces and created him the Duke of Hedong.

At that time, the Western Yan people were on an exodus from Chang'an, the Former Qin capital that they had captured in 385 but abandoned earlier in 386 because they wanted to head east back to their homeland. After Murong Zhong became emperor, his people reached Wenxi (聞喜, in modern Yuncheng, Shanxi) when they heard that Murong Zhong's granduncle Murong Chui had already established Later Yan as its emperor, and they were hesitant to proceed further, and the built the city of Yanxi (燕熙) at Wenxi to serve as temporary headquarters.

Just three months after he became emperor, Murong Zhong was assassinated in a coup by the general Diao Yun (刁雲), who then supported Murong Yong as the ruler.

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慕容忠（？ - 386年），十六國時期西燕國君主，西燕帝慕容泓之子。386年，西燕連續數起政變後，左僕射慕容恆擁護慕容瑤繼立為燕王，但是部眾都離開慕容瑤，往歸尚書慕容永，慕容永稍後擒獲慕容瑤並將其殺害，慕容忠遂被立為西燕帝，改元建武。數月後，慕容忠又被將軍刁雲所殺。