{"slug": "chen-dynasty", "label": "Chen dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62454", "qid": "Q62454", "description": "last of the Southern Dynasties in China (557–589)", "entries": 34, "years": 27, "span": [503, 618], "span_label": ["503 CE", "618 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 13}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 12}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sui-dynasty", "label": "Sui dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "northern-zhou", "label": "Northern Zhou", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-wen-of-sui", "label": "Emperor Wen of Sui", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "northern-qi", "label": "Northern Qi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sichuan", "label": "Sichuan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pacific-ocean", "label": "Pacific Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yangtze-river", "label": "Yangtze River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nanjing", "label": "Nanjing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jiankang", "label": "Jiankang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liang-dynasty", "label": "Liang dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gokturks", "label": "Göktürks", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 503, "year_label": "503 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chen Baxian, later Emperor Wu of Chen, first emperor of the Chinese Chen dynasty (d. 559)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904019#Births", "title": "503", "revid": 1364904019, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 506, "year_label": "506 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Yao'er, empress of Chen dynasty China (d. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364757912#Births", "title": "506", "revid": 1364757912, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 512, "year_label": "512 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wu Mingche, general of the Chen dynasty (d. 578)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170659#Births", "title": "512", "revid": 1369170659, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hou Andu, general of the Chen dynasty (d. 563)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Births", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wen Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 566)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Births", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 582)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758665#Births", "title": "530", "revid": 1364758665, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 532, "year_label": "532 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xiao Mohe, general of the Chen dynasty and Sui dynasty (d. 604)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793755#Births", "title": "532", "revid": 1340793755, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 534, "year_label": "534 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liu Jingyan, empress of the Chen dynasty (d. 616)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353013996#Births", "title": "534", "revid": 1353013996, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 537, "year_label": "537 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chen Chang, prince of the Chen dynasty (d. 560)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370992976#Births", "title": "537", "revid": 1370992976, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 553, "year_label": "553 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072897#Births", "title": "553", "revid": 1267072897, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 554, "year_label": "554 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Fei (Chen Bozong), emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904137#Births", "title": "554", "revid": 1364904137, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 557, "year_label": "557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Liang dynasty ends: Chen Wu Di, a distinguished general, becomes the first emperor of the Chen dynasty in Southern China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800259#Asia", "title": "557", "revid": 1340800259, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 559, "year_label": "559 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Wen Di, age 37, succeeds his uncle Chen Wu Di as emperor of the Chen dynasty. 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He honors his grand-aunt Zhang Yao'er with the title of Grand Empress, and she becomes his regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Asia", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 566, "year_label": "566 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wen Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 522)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Deaths", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 570, "year_label": "570 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chen Yuan, crown prince of the Chen dynasty (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800837#Births", "title": "570", "revid": 1340800837, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 570, "year_label": "570 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Fei Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800837#Deaths", "title": "570", "revid": 1340800837, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chen Yin, crown prince of the Chen dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Births", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 577, "year_label": "577 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A predecessor of the modern match, small sticks of pinewood impregnated with sulfur, are first used in China. 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He amasses 518,000 troops along the northern bank of the Yangtze River, stretching from Sichuan to the Pacific Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753170#Asia", "title": "588", "revid": 1364753170, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 588, "year_label": "588 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Guanghua Temple in Putian (China) is built during the Chen dynasty, under Emperor Chen Wu Di.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753170#Religion", "title": "588", "revid": 1364753170, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 589, "year_label": "589 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Chinese Empire is reunited under the leadership of Emperor Wéndi (Sui dynasty), who defeats the Chen forces at Jiankang (modern Nanjing), ending the Chen dynasty (the last of the Southern dynasties) that has ruled since 557.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654394#Asia", "title": "589", "revid": 1366654394, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 589, "year_label": "589 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Lihua, consort of the Chen dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654394#Deaths", "title": "589", "revid": 1366654394, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 604, "year_label": "604 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Deaths", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 615, "year_label": "615 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Liu Jingyan, empress of the Chen dynasty (b. 534)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752554#Deaths", "title": "615", "revid": 1364752554, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 618, "year_label": "618 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yu Shiji, official of the Chen- and Sui dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Deaths", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Deaths"}}]}