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Liang dynasty

China's Southern Dynasties (502–557)

46 dated entries naming Liang dynasty, drawn from 39 separate years between 464 CE and 647 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

  • 464Wu Di, Chinese emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 549)source
  • 466Xu Mian, high official of the Liang dynasty (d. 535)source
  • 469Zhou She, high official of the Liang dynasty (d. 524)source
  • 483Zhu Yi, high official of Southern Liang (d. 549)source

6th century

  • 501Xiao Tong, crown prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. 531)source
  • 502The 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.source
  • 503December 2 – Xiao Gang, later Emperor Jianwen of Liang, emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty (killed 551)source
  • 505Lý Nguyên Khải, Jiaozhou's governor, rebels against the Liang dynasty, but is suppressed by Lý Tắc, a state official, and subsequently prosecuted.source
  • 507Battle of Zhongli: army of Liang dynasty led by Wei Rui decisively defeated army of Northern Weisource
  • 508September 16 – Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (d. 555)source
  • 517Emperor 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).source
  • 519Xuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (d. 562)source
  • 524Zhou She, high official of Southern Liang (b. 469)source
  • 526Wang Lin, general of the Liang Dynasty and Northern Wei (d. 573)source
  • 530Xiao 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).source
  • 531May 30 – Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang Dynasty (b. 501)source
  • 535Xu Mian, official of the Liang dynasty (b. 466)source
  • 541Lý Bí initiates a rebellion against the ruling Chinese Liang dynasty in Giao Châu province.source
  • 542Xiao Ming Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 585)source
  • 543Jing Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 558)source
  • 544Jing Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (d. 558)source
  • 544October – The Liang dynasty retaliates against Van Xuân, and sends an imperial army (120,000 men) under Chen Baxian to re-occupy the region.source
  • 547The Tonkin revolt (Vietnam), led by Lý Nam Đế, is suppressed by the Chinese Liang dynasty.source
  • 549Jianwen Di succeeds his father Wu Di as emperor of the Liang Dynasty (China).source
  • 549February 16 – Zhu Yi, official of the Liang dynasty (b. 483)source
  • 551Autumn – Xiao Dong, great-nephew of the rebellious general Hou Jing, succeeds Jianwen Di as emperor of the Liang Dynasty. Xiao Dong has no real power and Hou Jing controls the imperial government at the capital Jiankang.source
  • 551Jianwen Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 503)source
  • 552Yuan Di succeeds Xiao Dong as emperor of the Liang dynasty.source
  • 552Hou Jing, regent of the Liang dynastysource
  • 553August 5 – Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508)source
  • 555Chinese Liang dynasty: Jing Di, age 12, succeeds his father Yuan Di and is declared emperor by general Chen Baxian.source
  • 555January 27 – Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (b. 508)source
  • 556Xiao Yuanming, emperor of the Liang Dynastysource
  • 557The Liang dynasty ends: Chen Wu Di, a distinguished general, becomes the first emperor of the Chen dynasty in Southern China.source
  • 558Jing Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 543)source
  • 562Spring – Xiao Ming Di, age 20, succeeds his father Xuan Di as emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.source
  • 562Xuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 519)source
  • 563Wang, empress of the Liang dynastysource
  • 574Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. 647)source
  • 583Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty (d. 621)source
  • 585Emperor Xiao Jing Di succeeds his father Xiao Ming Di as ruler of the Liang dynasty (China).source
  • 585Xiao Ming Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (b. 542)source
  • 587Fall – The Liang dynasty ends: Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty abolishes Western Liang and expands his territory into the lower valley of the Yangtze River. He sends his official Gao Jiong to the capital Jiangling, to pacify the citizens. The former emperor Xiao Jing Di becomes a vassal and is named the Duke of Liang.source

7th century

  • 621Xiao Xian, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 583)source
  • 635Yao Silian, Chinese historian, completes his Book of Liang. It contains the history of the Liang dynasty.source
  • 647Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 574)source

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