{"slug": "northern-and-southern-dynasties", "label": "Northern and Southern dynasties", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_dynasties", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49696", "qid": "Q49696", "description": "period in Chinese history from 420 to 589", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [385, 589], "span_label": ["385 CE", "589 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Northern dynasties", "Southern Dynasties", "Southern and Northern Dynasties", "Southern and Northern dynasties"], "related": [{"slug": "northern-wei", "label": "Northern Wei", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "nanjing", "label": "Nanjing", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jiankang", "label": "Jiankang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chinese-poetry", "label": "Chinese poetry", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "history-of-china", "label": "History of China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "xianbei", "label": "Xianbei", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tuoba", "label": "Tuoba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongol", "label": "Mongol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "later-yan", "label": "Later Yan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liu-song-dynasty", "label": "Liu Song dynasty", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 385, "year_label": "385 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (d. 433)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220298#Births", "title": "385", "revid": 1280220298, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 386, "year_label": "386 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Northern Wei Dynasty begins in China. The Tuoba clan of the Xianbei tribe (proto-Mongol people) is politically separated from the Chinese dynasties established in Jiankang (modern Nanjing). The Northern Wei rulers are ardent supporters of Buddhism. Prince Dao Wu Di, age 15, becomes the first emperor (see Northern dynasties).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1280220103#Asia", "title": "386", "revid": 1280220103, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 395, "year_label": "395 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334185587#Asia", "title": "395", "revid": 1334185587, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 409, "year_label": "409 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mingyuan, age 17, succeeds Daowu as emperor of the Chinese Northern Wei (one of the Northern dynasties).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367641120#Asia", "title": "409", "revid": 1367641120, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 420, "year_label": "420 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Southern Dynasties begin in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371542443#Asia", "title": "AD 420", "revid": 1371542443, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 433, "year_label": "433 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern dynasties (b. 385)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1274814907#Deaths", "title": "433", "revid": 1274814907, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 440, "year_label": "440 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Northern and Southern dynasties: Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei dynasty. The South is still under the control of the Song (or Liu Song) dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748079#Asia", "title": "440", "revid": 1364748079, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 502, "year_label": "502 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Chinese Book of Song is finished. The text is one of the Twenty-Four Histories, a traditional collection of historical records during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748175#Literature", "title": "AD 502", "revid": 1364748175, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 548, "year_label": "548 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xiao Zhuang, crown prince of the Southern Dynasties (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141112#Births", "title": "548", "revid": 1368141112, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 577, "year_label": "577 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Northern Qi, one of the Northern Dynasties, is conquered by Northern Zhou under Emperor Wu Di. He orders the last ruler (Gao Wei) and other members of the Gao clan to commit suicide. Northern China, above the Yangtze River, is once again brought under the control of a single power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170756#Asia", "title": "577", "revid": 1369170756, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 577, "year_label": "577 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xiao Zhuang, prince of the Southern Dynasties (b. 548)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170756#Deaths", "title": "577", "revid": 1369170756, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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"}}]}