Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
A Xianbei dynasty, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms (397–404; 408–414) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Southern Liang (Chinese: 南涼; pinyin: Nán Liáng; 397–404, 408–414) was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese historiography. Members of the ruling Tufa clan were of Xianbei ethnicity and distant relatives of the Tuoba imperial house of the Northern Wei dynasty. According to the Book of Jin, the surname of the ruling house was changed from Tuoba to Tufa because one of the Tufa ancestors was born on a blanket, and in the Xianbei language, "Tufa" meant "blanket."[1]
Southern Liang (南涼) 西平 (397), 武威 (397–401), 河西 (401–404), 涼 (408–414) | |||||||||||
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Status | Vassal of Later Qin | ||||||||||
Capital | Lianchuan (397–399) Ledu (399, 402–406, 410–414) Xiping (399–402) Guzang (406–410) | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 397–399 | Tufa Wugu | ||||||||||
• 399–402 | Tufa Lilugu | ||||||||||
• 402–414 | Tufa Nutan | ||||||||||
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Today part of | China |
All rulers of the Southern Liang proclaimed themselves wang (king).
In 414 Southern Liang was conquered by the Xianbei-led Western Qin dynasty.