Southern Liang

This article is about the Xianbei kingdom in what is now Gansu and Qinghai. For the Southern Dynasty known as Southern Liang, see Liang Dynasty.

Southern Liang (南涼)
西平 (397), 武威 (397-401), 河西 (401-408), 涼 (408-414)
Vassal of Later Qin
397–414
Capital		Lianchuan (397-399) Ledu (399, 402-406, 410-414) Xiping (399-402) Guzang (406-410)
Government		Monarchy
Prince
•	397-399	Tufa Wugu
•	399-402	Tufa Lilugu
•	402-414	Tufa Rutan
History
•	Established	397
•	Tufa Rutan's acceptance of Later Qin era name	404
•	Tufa Rutan's entry into Guzang	406
•	Tufa Rutan's defeat by Liu Bobo at Yangwu	407
•	Tufa Rutan's reassertion of own era name	408
•	Disestablished	414
•	Tufa Rutan's death	415
Preceded by Succeeded by Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) Western Qin Northern Liang

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".

In 414 Southern Liang was conquered by the Western Qin state of the Xianbei ethnicity.

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

The family tree of Southern Liang rulers

Southern Liang

See also

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