Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)

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Liang
400–421
StatusVassal of Later Qin, Jin Dynasty (266–420), Northern Wei, Liu Song
CapitalDunhuang (400–405, 420–421)
Jiuquan (405–420)
GovernmentMonarchy
Duke 
• 400–417
Li Gao
• 417–420
Li Xin
• 420–421
Li Xun
History 
• Established
400
• Fall of Jiuquan
420
• Disestablished
421
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Northern Liang
Northern Liang
Today part ofChina
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan

Liang, known in historiography as the Western Liang (traditional Chinese: 西涼; simplified Chinese: 西凉; pinyin: Xī Liáng; 400421), was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms. The Western Liang was founded by the Li family of Han descent. The founder of the Tang dynasty, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu), traced his patrilineal ancestry to the Western Liang rulers and traced the ancestry of the Western Liang rulers to Li Guang and Laozi in the paternal line. The ruling Li clan of the Western Liang was known as the Longxi Li lineage (隴西李氏).[1]

All of the Rulers declared as gōngs (公) which is translated to Dukes

Rulers of the Western Liang

Temple names Posthumous name Personal name Durations of reigns Era names
Taizu Wuzhao Li Gao 400–417 Gengzi (庚子) 400–405

Jianchu (建初) 406–417

Li Xin 417–420 Jiaxing (嘉興) 417–420
Li Xun 420–421 Yongjian (永建) 420–421

Rulers family tree

Western Liang rulers family tree
Li Gao (李暠) 351–417
Prince Wǔzhāo (武昭王) r. 400–417
Li Xin 李歆
d. 420; r. 417–420
Li Xun 李恂
d. 421; r. 420–421
Li Jingshou
李敬受 d. 437?
Juqu Mujian 沮渠牧犍
of Northern Liang


See also

References

  1. ^ 《新唐书·宗室世系表》