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Chanyu who raised Kunmo was a ruler.
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Book of Han, Chapter 71Volume 61: Zhang Qian and Li Guangli · 4 passages
子昆莫新生，傅父布就翕侯抱亡置草中，為求食，還，見狼乳之，又烏銜肉翔其旁，以為神，遂持歸匈奴，單于愛養之。
The infant Kunmo was carried off by his nurse-father Bu-jiu the Xihou, hidden in the grass while food was sought; returning, the man found a wolf nursing the child and crows dropping meat nearby. Convinced the boy was spirit-touched, he brought him to the chanyu, who reared him with favor.
及壯，以其父民眾與昆莫，使將兵，數有功。
When the boy came of age, the chanyu restored his father's tribesmen to him, gave him a command, and he won repeated distinction.
昆莫既健，自請單于報父怨，遂西攻破大月氏。
Once Kunmo grew strong he begged leave to avenge his father; marching west, he crushed the Greater Yuezhi.
昆莫略其眾，因留居，兵稍強，會單于死，不肯復朝事匈奴。
Kunmo absorbed their warriors, stayed put, and grew in strength; when the chanyu died he refused ever again to acknowledge Xiongnu overlordship.