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Northern and Southern dynasties

period in Chinese history from 420 to 589

12 dated entries naming Northern and Southern dynasties, drawn from 11 separate years between 385 CE and 589 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.

Also written as Northern dynasties, Southern Dynasties, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Southern and Northern dynasties in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century

  • 385Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (d. 433)source
  • 386The 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).source
  • 395December 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.source

5th century

  • 409Mingyuan, age 17, succeeds Daowu as emperor of the Chinese Northern Wei (one of the Northern dynasties).source
  • 420The Southern Dynasties begin in China.source
  • 433Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern dynasties (b. 385)source
  • 440Northern 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.source

6th century

  • 502The 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.source
  • 548Xiao Zhuang, crown prince of the Southern Dynasties (approximate date)source
  • 577Winter – 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.source
  • 577Xiao Zhuang, prince of the Southern Dynasties (b. 548)source
  • 589The 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.source

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