Liang Dynasty
Liang Dynasty (梁朝) (502-557), also known as
Southern Liang Dynasty (南梁), was the third of
Southern dynasties in
China, followed by the
Chen Dynasty.
Western Liang Dynasty (西梁), with its capital established at
Jiangling in 555, claimed to be the legitimate successor of Liang Dynasty; it was subservient to the successive
Western Wei Dynasty,
Northern Zhou Dynasty, and
Sui Dynasty, and was abolished by
Sui Dynasty in 587. Some scholars claim that this Dynasty represents a "golden era" of ancient China, and that the Dynasty's fall from grace seriously impeded China's growth into a great power. This theory, however, is controversial.
| Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miào hào) | Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 ) | Personal Names | Period of Reigns | Era Names (Nián Hào 年號) and their relevant range of years |
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| Convention: Nan Liang + posthumous name |
| Note: some historians consider Western Liang as a continuation of the Liang Dynasty since it was founded by Xiao Cha (Emperor Xuan), a grandson of Xiao Yan (Emperor Wu), the founder of the Liang Dynasty. |
| Zhong Zong (中宗 zhōng zōng) | 宣帝 xuān dì | 蕭詧 xiāo chá | 555-562 | Dading (大定 dà dìng) 555-562 |
| Shi Zong (世宗 shì zōng) | 孝明帝 xiào míng dì | 蕭巋 xiāo kuī | 562-585 | Tianbao (天保 tiān bǎo) 562-585 |
| Did not exist | 孝靜帝 xiào jìng dì or Ju Gong|莒公 jǔ gōng | 蕭琮 xiāo cóng | 585-587 | Guangyun (廣運 guǎng yùn) 562-585 |
