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This article is about the Sixteen Kingdoms period state. For the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state, see Later Liang Dynasty.
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The Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后凉; traditional Chinese: 後凉; pinyin: Hòu Liáng; 386-403) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China. It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity.
All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang).
Rulers of the Later Liang
| Temple names | Posthumous names | Family names and given name | Durations of reigns | Era names and their according durations |
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| Taizu (太祖 Tàizǔ) | Yiwu (懿武 Yìwǔ) | Lü Guang (呂光 Lǚ Guāng) | 386-400 | Tai'an (太安 Tài'ān) 386-389 Linjia (麟嘉 Línjiā) 389-396 Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 396-399 |
| Did not exist | Yin (隱 Yǐn) | Lü Shao (呂紹 Lǚ Shào) | 400 | Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 399 |
| Did not exist | Ling (靈 Líng) | Lü Zuan (呂纂 Lǚ Zuǎn) | 400-401 | Xianning (咸寧 Xiánníng) 400-401 |
| Did not exist | Shangshu Gong (尚書公 Shàngshū Gōng) or Jiankang Gong (建康公 Jiànkāng Gōng) | Lü Long (呂隆 Lǚ Lóng) | 401-403 | Shending (神鼎 Shéndǐng) 401-403 |
See also
- Di
- List of past Chinese ethnic groups
- Wu Hu
- Sixteen Kingdoms
- Buddhism in China
- Kumarajiva
- Gansu
- Dunhuang
- Memoirs of Eminent Monks
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