Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
For other uses, see Later Liang (disambiguation).
| Later Liang (後涼) | |||||
| 酒泉 (387-389), 三河 (389-396), 涼 (396-403) | |||||
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 Map of Sixteen Kingdoms showing Later Liang in pink colour. | |||||
| Capital | Guzang | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Tian Wang | |||||
| • | 386-400 | Lü Guang | |||
| • | 400 | Lü Shao | |||
| • | 401-403 | Lü Zuan | |||
| • | 403-406 | Lü Long | |||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 386 | |||
| • | Lü Guang's claiming of imperial title | 396 | |||
| • | Southern Liang's and Northern Liang's independence | 397 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 403 | |||
| • | Lü Long's death | 416 | |||
The Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后凉; traditional Chinese: 後凉; pinyin: Hòu Liáng; 386-403) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.[1] It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity.
All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang).
Rulers of the Later Liang
| Temple name | Posthumous name | Personal name | Duration of reign | Era names and durations |
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| Chinese convention: use personal name | ||||
| Taizu (太祖 Tàizǔ) | Yiwu (懿武 Yìwǔ) | Lü Guang (呂光 Lǚ Guāng) | 386-400 | Tai'an (太安 Tài'ān) 386-389 Linjia (麟嘉 Línjiā) 389-396 Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 396-399 |
| Did not exist | Yin (隱 Yǐn) | Lü Shao (呂紹 Lǚ Shào) | 400 | Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 399 |
| Did not exist | Ling (靈 Líng) | Lü Zuan (呂纂 Lǚ Zuǎn) | 400-401 | Xianning (咸寧 Xiánníng) 400-401 |
| Did not exist | Shangshu Gong (尚書公 Shàngshū Gōng) or Jiankang Gong (建康公 Jiànkāng Gōng) | Lü Long (呂隆 Lǚ Lóng) | 401-403 | Shending (神鼎 Shéndǐng) 401-403 |
Rulers family tree
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See also
- Di (Wu Hu)
- List of past Chinese ethnic groups
- Wu Hu
- Sixteen Kingdoms
- Buddhism in China
- Kumarajiva
- Gansu
- Dunhuang
- Memoirs of Eminent Monks
References
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