Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Later Liang (後涼) 酒泉 (387–389), 三河 (389–396), 涼 (396–403) | |||||||||||||
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| 386–403 | |||||||||||||
Later Liang in the northwest | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 397 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 403 | ||||||||||||
• Lü Long's death | 416 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | China Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||||||
The Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后凉; traditional Chinese: 後凉; pinyin: Hòu Liáng; 386–403) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history. It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity and given the prefix of "Later" in historiography to distinguish it with the Former Liang dynasty before them and the three Liang states (Southern, Northern and Western) that emerged during their collapse.
All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly King" (Tian Wang). The state's founder, Lü Guang initially took on lesser titles before declaring himself Heavenly King of Liang in 396, and so the state was only known as "Liang" (涼) from 396 to 403. The Later Liang at its peak controlled the Hexi Corridor in Gansu with Guzang (姑臧, in modern Wuwei, Gansu) as their capital. After the Southern Liang and Northern Liang broke away in 397, their territory was gradually reduced to their capital region in central Gansu.