{"slug": "emperor-wu-of-liang", "label": "Emperor Wu of Liang", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Liang", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736726", "qid": "Q736726", "description": "Founding Liang emperor from 502 to 549", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [464, 549], "span_label": ["464 CE", "549 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "liang-dynasty", "label": "Liang dynasty", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nanjing", "label": "Nanjing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southern-qi", "label": "Southern Qi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jiankang", "label": "Jiankang", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 464, "year_label": "464 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wu Di, Chinese emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 549)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1288493894#Births", "title": "464", "revid": 1288493894, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 502, "year_label": "502 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Liang Dynasty is founded by Xiao Yan, who marches on Jiankang (later Nanjing). Emperor He Di, age 14, is put to death. The Southern Qi Dynasty ends and Wu Di becomes ruler of the Liang Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748175#China", "title": "AD 502", "revid": 1364748175, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 502, "year_label": "502 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 - Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748175#China", "title": "AD 502", "revid": 1364748175, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 516, "year_label": "516 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Wu appoints Lý Tắc, a Jiaozhou's state official, as the governor. Lý Tắc then suppresses the rebellion of Lý Tông Lão, a former subordinate of Lý Nguyên Khải, the previous governor of Jiaozhou, then beheads him to bring his head to Jiankang, as an offering to the emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357958482#Vietnam", "title": "516", "revid": 1357958482, "section": "Events › By place › Vietnam"}}, {"year": 517, "year_label": "517 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Wu Di of the Liang Dynasty becomes a Buddhist, and introduces the new religion to central China. He demands that sacrifices to imperial ancestors be changed to using dried meat, instead of the traditional animals (goats, pigs and cows).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340791909#China", "title": "517", "revid": 1340791909, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Xiao Tong, eldest son of emperor Wu Di, compiles the Wen Xuan (Literary Selections), a famous anthology of works dating from the Han to the Liang dynasty (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758665#China", "title": "530", "revid": 1364758665, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 549, "year_label": "549 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Jianwen Di succeeds his father Wu Di as emperor of the Liang Dynasty (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557736#Asia", "title": "549", "revid": 1369557736, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 549, "year_label": "549 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wu Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (b. 464)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557736#Deaths", "title": "549", "revid": 1369557736, "section": "Deaths"}}]}