Southern Liang

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The Southern Liang (Chinese: 南凉; 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 imperial house of Northern Wei. According to the Jin Shu, the name was changed from Tuoba to Tufa because one of the Tufa ancestors was born on a blanket, and in the Xianbei language, "Tufa" meant "blanket."

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

[edit] 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 Tàichū) 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) Tufa Rutan (禿髮傉檀 Tūfǎ Rǔtán) 402-414 Hongchang (弘昌 Hóngchāng) 402-404
Jiaping (嘉平 Jiāpíng) 409-414

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