Liang dynasty
Liang 梁 | |||||||||||||||
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| 502–557 | |||||||||||||||
Liang alongside Western Wei and Eastern Wei after 534. | |||||||||||||||
| 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 502 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 April 549 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 January 555 | |||||||||||||||
| 16 November 557 | |||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 16 November 557 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Chinese cash coins (Taiqing Fengle cash coins) | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | China Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
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The Liang dynasty (Chinese: 梁朝; pinyin: Liáng Cháo), alternatively known as the Southern Liang (Chinese: 南梁; pinyin: Nán Liáng) or Xiao Liang (Chinese: 蕭梁; pinyin: Xiāo Liáng) in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the Southern Qi dynasty and succeeded by the Chen dynasty. The rump state of Western Liang existed until it was conquered in 587 by the Sui dynasty.