Southern Liang

The Southern Liang (Chinese character: 南凉, Hanyu pinyin Nánliáng) (397-414) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China. The founding family Tufa was of Xianbei ethnicity and distant relative of the Tuoba.

All rulers of the Southern Liang proclaimed themselves "wang".

Rulers of the Southern Liang

Temple names	Posthumous names	Family names and given name	Durations of reigns	Era names and their according durations
Liezu (烈祖 Lièzǔ)	Wu (武 Wǔ)	Tufa Wugu (禿髮烏孤 Tūfǎ Wūgū)	397-399	Taichu (太初 Tàichǔ) 397-399
Did not exist	Kang (康 Kāng)	Tufa Lilugu (禿髮利鹿孤 Tūfǎ Lìlùgū)	399-402	Jianhe (建和 Jiànhé) 399-402
Did not exist	Jing (景; Jǐng) or Jing (敬 Jìng)	Tufa Rutan (禿髮傉檀 Tūfǎ Rǔtán)	402-414	Hongchang (弘昌 Hóngchāng) 402-404 Jiaping (嘉平 Jiāpíng) 409-414

Related Topics

• Xianbei
• Tuoba
• List of past Chinese ethnic groups
• Wu Hu
• Sixteen Kingdoms
• Qinghai
• Dunhuang

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