Liang dynasty
Liang .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} 梁 | |||||||||||||||
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| 502–557 | |||||||||||||||
 Liang with West Wei and East Wei | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Jiankang (502–552, 555–557) Jiangling (552–555) | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||||||
• 502–549 | Emperor Wu of Liang | ||||||||||||||
• 549–551 | Emperor Jianwen of Liang | ||||||||||||||
• 552–555 | Emperor Yuan of Liang | ||||||||||||||
• 555–557 | Emperor Jing of Liang | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 30 April[1] 502 | ||||||||||||||
• Jiankang's fall to Hou Jing | 24 April 549[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Jiangling's fall to Western Wei | 7 January 555[3] | ||||||||||||||
• Emperor Jing's yielding the throne to Chen Baxian | 16 November 557 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 16 November 557 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Chinese cash coins (Taiqing Fengle cash coins) | ||||||||||||||
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The Liang dynasty (Chinese: 梁朝; pinyin: Liáng cháo) (502–557), also known as the Southern Liang dynasty (南梁), was the third of the Southern Dynasties during China's Southern and Northern Dynasties period. It was located in East China and South China, and replaced by the Chen dynasty in 557. The small rump state Western Liang (555–587), located in Central China, continued until its annexation in 587.
Contents
1 Rule
2 Emperors
3 Rulers family tree
4 Artistic heritage
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links
Rule
During the Liang dynasty, in 547 a Persian embassy paid tribute to the Liang, amber was recorded as originating from Persia by the Book of Liang.[4]
Emperors
| Posthumous Name | Family name and given names | Period of Reigns | Era names and their according range of years |
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Convention: Liang + posthumous name | |||
Emperor Wu of Liang - Wu Di
| Xiao Yan (蕭衍 Xiāo Yǎn) | 502-549[5] | Tianjian (天監 tiān-jiān) 502-519 Putong (普通 pǔ-tōng) 520-527 Datong (大通 dà-tōng) 527-529 Zhongdatong (中大通 zhōng-dà-tōng) 529-534 Datong (大同 dà-tóng) 535-546 Zhongdatong (中大同 zhōng-dà-tóng) 546-547 Taiqing (太清 tài-qīng) 547-549 |
Emperor Jianwen of Liang - Jianwen Di
| Xiao Gang (蕭綱 xiāo gāng) | 549-551 | Dabao (大寶 dà bǎo) 550-551 |
Prince of Yuzhang - Yu Zhang Wang
| 蕭棟 xiāo dòng | 551-552 | Tianzheng (天正 tiān zhèng) 551-552 |
Emperor Yuan of Liang - Yuan Di
| 蕭繹 xiāo yì | 552-555[6] | Chengsheng (承聖 chéng shèng) 552-555 |
Marquess of Zhenyang - Zhen Yang Hou
| 蕭淵明 xiāo yuān míng | 555 | Tiancheng (天成 tiān chéng) 555 |
Emperor Jing of Liang - Jing Di
| 蕭方智 xiāo fāng zhì | 555-557[7] | Shaotai (紹泰 shào tài) 555-556 Taiping (太平 tài píng) 556-557 |
Rulers family tree
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- Liang emperors - Western Liang emperors - Liang throne pretenders
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Artistic heritage
Tombs of a number of members of the ruling Xiao family, with their sculptural ensembles, in various states of preservation, are located near Nanjing.[8]
The best surviving example of the Liang dynasty's monumental statuary is perhaps the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (475–518), a brother of Emperor Wu, located in Qixia District east of Nanjing.[9][10]
- Tombs of the Liang Dynasty
A turtle-borne stele and a pillar; tomb of Xiao Hong
A turtle-borne stele; tomb of Xiao Dan
A bixie (winged lion); tomb of Xiao Hui
A bixie near the tomb of Xiao Jing, widely regarded as Nanjing's icon
A stele-bearing turtle; tomb of Xiao Xiu
Two bixies near the tomb of Xiao Zhengli
See also
- King of Liang
- Chen dynasty
- Book of Liang
- Book of Zhou
- History of Northern Dynasties
- History of Southern Dynasties
- Zizhi Tongjian
Notes
^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 145.
^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 162.
^ Book of Liang, vol. 5.
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^ Emperor Wu's nephew Xiao Zhengde the Prince of Linhe, who joined Hou Jing's rebellion, was declared emperor by Hou in 548, but after Hou's victory over Emperor Wu in 549 was deposed and killed by Hou, and is not usually considered a true emperor.
^ Emperor Yuan's brother Xiao Ji the Prince of Wuling also declared himself emperor in 552, but was defeated and killed by Emperor Yuan in 553, and is usually not considered a true emperor.
^ In 558, a year after Emperor Jing had yielded the throne to Chen Baxian (and had been killed by Chen), his nephew Xiao Zhuang the Prince of Yongjia, with support from Northern Qi, was proclaimed the emperor of Liang by the general Wang Lin. In 560, Wang Lin defeated the Chen troops, and both he and Xiao Zhuang were forced to flee to Northern Qi. It is a matter of controversy whether Xiao Zhuang should be considered an emperor of Liang.
^ "Mausoleum Stone Carvings of Southern Dynasties in Nanjing". chinaculture.org. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.
^ Albert E. Dien, «Six Dynasties Civilization». Yale University Press, 2007
ISBN 0-300-07404-2. Partial text on Google Books. P. 190. A reconstruction of the original form of the ensemble is shown in Fig. 5.19.
^ 梁安成康王萧秀墓石刻 Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. (Sculptures at the Tomb of Xiao Xiu) (in Chinese) (description and modern photos)
External links
Media related to Liang dynasty at Wikimedia Commons
