Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
For the unrelated "Western Liang" (西梁) in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, see Liang Dynasty.
| Western Liang (西涼) | ||||||||||
| 涼 | ||||||||||
| Vassal of Later Qin, Jin Dynasty (265-420), Northern Wei, Liu Song | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Dunhuang (400-405, 420-421) Jiuquan (405-420) | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| Duke | ||||||||||
| • | 400-417 | Li Gao | ||||||||
| • | 417-420 | Li Xin | ||||||||
| • | 420-421 | Li Xun | ||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Established | 400 | ||||||||
| • | Fall of Jiuquan | 420 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 421 | ||||||||
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The Western Liang (traditional Chinese: 西涼; simplified Chinese: 西凉; pinyin: Xī Liáng; 400-421) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China, one of the "Five Liang" (Wu Liang) of this era. Western Liang was founded by the Li family of the Han Chinese. The founder of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu), traced his patrilineal ancestry to the Western Liang rulers, and traced the ancestry of the Western Liang rulers to Li Guang and Laozi in the paternal line. The Li family of Western Liang were known as the Longxi Li lineage (隴西李氏).[1]
All rulers of the Western Liang proclaimed themselves "wang".
Rulers of the Western Liang
| Temple names | Posthumous names | Family names and given name | Durations of reigns | Era names and their according durations |
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| Chinese convention: use family and given names | ||||
| Taizu (太祖 Tàizǔ) | Wuzhao (武昭 Wǔzhāo) | Li Gao (李暠 Lǐ Gǎo) | 400-417 | Gengzi (庚子 Gēngzǐ) 400-405 Jianchu (建初 Jiànchū) 406-417 |
| Did not exist | Houzhu (後主 Hòuzhǔ) | Li Xin (李歆 Lǐ Xīn) | 417-420 | Jiaxing (嘉興 Jīaxīng) 417-420 |
| Did not exist | Houzhu (後主 Hòuzhǔ) | Li Xun (李恂 Lǐ Xún) | 420-421 | Yongjian (永建 Yǒngjiàn) 420-421 |
Rulers family tree
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References
- ↑ 《新唐书·宗室世系表》
See also
- Dunhuang
- Han Chinese
- Jiuquan
- Gansu
- Liangzhou District
- List of past Chinese ethnic groups
- Sixteen Kingdoms
- Wuwei, Gansu
- Wu Hu
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