Timeline of the Northern and Southern dynasties

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China in 460 AD

This is a timeline of the Northern and Southern dynasties in China.

380s[edit]

Year Date Event
386 Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui revives the Tuoba state[1]
Later Qin: Yao Chang declares himself emperor[1]
387 Later Liang: Lü Guang declares himself Duke of Jiuquan[1]

390s[edit]

Year Date Event
393 Wei: Conquered by Later Yan[2]
394 Later Qin: Conquers Former Qin[1]
Later Yan: Conquers Western Yan[1]
395 Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui defeats Later Yan at Canhepi (east-northeast of Liangcheng, Inner Mongolia)[1]
396 Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui takes Bingzhou from Later Yan[1]
Emperor Xiaowu of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Dezong (Emperor An of Jin)[1]
397 Southern Liang: Tufa Wugu declares himself Prince of Xiping[1]
Northern Liang: Duan Ye declares himself Duke of Jiankang in Zhangye[1]
398 Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui moves his capital to Pingcheng[1]
399 Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui declares himself emperor[1]
Sun En revolts[1]
Faxian leaves for India[1]

400s[edit]

Year Date Event
400 Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms): Li Gao declares himself Duke of Liang in Dunhuang[1]
Western Qin: Submits to Southern Liang and then Later Qin[3]
Southern Yan: Murong De declares himself emperor in Guanggu[4]
401 Northern Liang: Juqu Mengxun kills Duan Ye and declares himself Duke of Zhangye[4]
402 Huan Xuan sacks Jiankang and Sun En dies, but his lieutenant Lu Xun takes over[4]
403 Later Liang: Surrenders to Later Qin[4]
404 Huan Xuan declares himself emperor and dies the same year[4]
405 Qiao Zong declares himself Prince of Chengdu[4]
407 Xia: Helian Bobo declares himself Heavenly King[4]
Northern Yan: Gao Yun is set up as heavenly king and replaces Later Yan[4]
409 Western Qin: Revived[3]

410s[edit]

Year Date Event
410 Liu Yu conquers Southern Yan[4]
411 Rebel Lu Xun dies[4]
412 Faxian returns from India[4]
413 Jin recovers Sichuan and Qiao Zong commits suicide[4]
414 Western Qin: Conquers Southern Liang[4]
416 Jin takes Luoyang from Later Qin[4]
Huiyuan dies[4]
417 Jin conquers Later Qin and Liu Yu takes Chang'an[4]
418 Jin troops retreat from Chang'an[4]
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms): Helian Bobo takes Chang'an[4]
419 Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms): Helian Bobo leaves Chang'an[4]

420s[edit]

Year Date Event
420 Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) replaces the Jin dynasty with the Song dynasty[5]
421 Northern Liang: Juqu Mengxun conquers Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)[6]
422 Emperor Wu of Liu Song dies and is succeeded by Liu Yifu, Emperor Shao of Liu Song[5]
423 Kou Qianzhi sets up the Celestial Master at Pingcheng[5]
424 Emperor Shao of Liu Song is deposed and succeeded by Liu Yilong (Emperor Wen of Liu Song)[5]
426 Northern Wei: Attacks Xia[5]
427 Northern Wei: Takes Chang'an and sacks the Xia capital, Tongwan[5]
428 Xia: Retakes Chang'an[5]

430s[edit]

Year Date Event
430 Northern Wei: Takes Luoyang from Liu Song
Western Qin: Abandons Yuanchuan and Fuhan to the Tuyuhun and relocates to Pingliang and Anding[5]
431 Xia: Conquers Western Qin and are in turn conquered by the Tuyuhun[5]
433 Xie Lingyun is killed[5]
434 Northern Wei: Enters a marriage alliance with the Rouran[5]
Song retakes Hanzhong from Chouchi[5]
435 Northern Wei: Attacks Northern Yan[5]
436 Northern Wei: Conquers Northern Yan, whose sovereign Feng Hong flees to Goguryeo[5]
439 Northern Wei: Conquers Northern Liang; so ends the Sixteen Kingdoms[5]

440s[edit]

Year Date Event
442 Northern Wei: Tuoba Tao takes part in a Daoist ritual to receive talisman registers[7]
445 Northern Wei: Ge Wu rebels in Guanzhong[7]
446 Northern Wei: Ge Wu dies[7]
Northern Wei: Cui Hao instigates proscription campaigns against Buddhism[7]
449 Northern Wei: Defeats the Rouran in battle[7]

450s[edit]

Year Date Event
450 Northern Wei: Cui Hao is killed[7]
Liu Song launches a campaign against Northern Wei[7]
451 Northern Wei: Tuoba Tao leads his army south to Guabu (southeast of Luhe, Jiangsu)[7]
Pei Songzhi dies[7]
453 Emperor Wen of Liu Song is killed by Liu Shao, who is killed Liu Jun (Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song)[7]
Northern Wei: Construction of the Yungang Caves begin[7]
458 Liu Song launches a campaign against Buddhism[7]

460s[edit]

Year Date Event
464 Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song dies and is succeeded by Liu Ziye (Emperor Qianfei of Liu Song)[7]
465 Northern Wei: Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei dies and is succeeded by Tuaba Hong (Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei)[7]
Emperor Qianfei of Liu Song dies[7]
466 Liu Yu (Emperor Ming of Liu Song) takes power[7]
Bao Zhao is killed[7]
467 Northern Wei: Conquers territory north and west of the Huai River[7]
469 Northern Wei: Takes Qingzhou and Jizhou (冀州) (north Jiangsu)[7]

470s[edit]

Year Date Event
471 Northern Wei: Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei abdicates in favor of Yuan Hong (Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei)[7]
472 Emperor Ming of Liu Song dies and is succeeded by Liu Yu (Emperor Houfei of Liu Song)[8]
477 Emperor Houfei of Liu Song is killed by Xiao Daocheng and is succeeded by Liu Zhun (Emperor Shun of Liu Song)[8]
479 Xiao Daocheng (Emperor Gao of Southern Qi) replaces Liu Song with the Southern Qi[8]

480s[edit]

Year Date Event
482 Emperor Gao of Southern Qi dies and is succeeded by Xiao Ze (Emperor Wu of Southern Qi)[8]
485 Northern Wei: The equal-field system is implemented[8]
486 Northern Wei: The Three Chiefs system is implemented[8]

490s[edit]

Year Date Event
493 Emperor Wu of Southern Qi dies and is succeeded by Xiao Zhaoye[8]
Northern Wei: Li Chong starts constructions in Luoyang[8]
494 Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei moves to Luoyang[8]
Northern Wei: Construction on the Longmen Caves begin[8]
495 Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei bans Xianbei language in court[8]
498 Emperor Ming of Southern Qi dies and is succeeded by Xiao Baojuan[8]
499 Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei dies and is succeeded by Yuan Ke (Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei)[8]

500s[edit]

Year Date Event
500 Northern Wei: Conquers territory south of the Huai River[8]
501 Emperor He of Southern Qi is enthroned in Jiangling as a rival to Xiao Baojuan[8]
502 Xiao Baojuan is killed in Jiankang and Xiao Yan kills Emperor He of Southern Qi, founding his own Liang dynasty[8]
504 Northern Wei: Conquers Yiyang[8]
506 Northern Wei: Annexes Chouchi[9]
507 Northern Wei: Is defeated by Liang dynasty at Zhongli (northeast of Fengyang, Anhui)[8]

510s[edit]

Year Date Event
512 Northern Wei: Loses Qushan (southwest of Lianyungang, Jiangsu) to Liang dynasty[10]
518 Northern Wei: Song Yun departs for the Western Regions[10]

520s[edit]

Year Date Event
520 Northern Wei: Yujiulü Anagui takes shelter[10]
522 Northern Wei: Song Yun returns from India with 170 Buddhist sutras[10]
523 Northern Wei: The Six Frontier Towns rebel under Poliuhan Baling[10]
525 Northern Wei: Yujiulü Anagui defeats Poliuhan Baling[10]
Northern Wei: Du Luozhou rebels in north Hebei[10]
526 Northern Wei: Ge Rong rebels in north Hebei[10]
527 Northern Wei: Xiao Baoyin rebels in Guanzhong and kills Li Daoyuan[10]
528 Northern Wei: Erzhu Rong kills Yuan Zhao and enthrones Yuan Ziyou (Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei)[10]
Northern Wei: Ge Rong is defeated[10]
529 Emperor Wu of Liang enters the Tongtai Monastery[10]

530s[edit]

Year Date Event
530 Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei kills Erzhu Rong but is killed by Erzhu Zhao[10]
532 Northern Wei: Gao Huan enthrones Yuan Xiu (Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei)[10]
533 Northern Wei: Erzhu Zhao kills himself[10]
534 Northern Wei: Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei escapes to Chang'an[10]
Eastern Wei: Gao Huan sets up Yuan Shanjian as Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei[10]
535 Western Wei: Yuwen Tai kills Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei and enthrones Yuan Baoju (Emperor Wen of Western Wei)[11]
536 Tao Hongjing dies[11]
Eastern Wei: Chan Buddhism founder Bodhidharma dies[11]
537 Battle of Shayuan: Yuwen Tai defeats Gao Huan[11]

540s[edit]

Year Date Event
541 Lý Bôn rebels and attacks Liang officials[12]
543 Eastern Wei: Gao Huan defeats Yuwen Tai at Luoyang[11]
544 Lý Bôn establishes the Early Lý dynasty and becomes Lý Nam Đế (Southern Emperor)[12]
545 Chen Baxian drives Lý Nam Đế into the mountains, where he is eventually killed, but resistance continues under Lý Thiên Bảo[12]
547 Eastern Wei: Gao Huan dies and Hou Jing defects to Liang dynasty[11]
548 Hou Jing rebels in Shouyang and lays siege to Jiankang[11]
549 Hou Jing seizes Taicheng[11]
Emperor Wu of Liang dies and is succeeded by Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen of Liang)[11]
Xiao Cha defects to Western Wei[11]
Eastern Wei: Conquers area south of the Huai River[11]

550s[edit]

Year Date Event
550 Western Wei: Conquers area east of the Han River (Hubei)[11]
Northern Qi: Gao Yang (Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi) replaces Eastern Wei with Northern Qi and conquers areas east of Luoyang[11]
The fubing system is introduced[11]
551 Hou Jing kills Emperor Jianwen of Liang and declares himself emperor[11]
552 Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian take Jiankang[13]
Hou Jing is killed[13]
Xiao Ji declares himself emperor in Jiangling[13]
553 Xiao Ji is killed by Emperor Yuan of Liang's generals[13]
Western Wei: Conquers Sichuan[13]
Northern Qi: Rouran submit after behind being defeated by Turks[13]
554 Emperor Yuan of Liang is captured by Western Wei and killed[13]
555 Western Liang: Xiao Cha declares himself emperor in Jiangling[13]
Wang Sengbian sets up Xiao Yuanming but Chen Baxian kills Sengbian and sets up Xiao Fangzhi (Emperor Jing of Liang)[13]
556 Northern Qi: Attack on Jiankang fails[13]
Western Wei: Yuwen Tai dies[13]
557 Northern Zhou: Yuwen Hu replaces Western Wei with Northern Zhou[13]
Chen Baxian replaces the Liang dynasty with the Chen dynasty[13]
558 Western Liang: Takes Changsha and Wuling[13]
559 Chen Baxian dies and is succeeded by Chen Qian (Emperor Wen of Chen)[13]

560s[edit]

Year Date Event
560 Northern Zhou: Yuwen Hu kills Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou and sets up Yuwen Yong (Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou)[13]
Northern Qi: Gao Yan (Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi) ousts Emperor Fei of Northern Qi and sets himself up as emperor[13]
561 Northern Zhou: North Hubei is lost to the Chen dynasty[13]
Northern Qi: Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi dies and is succeeded by Gao Zhan (Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi)[13]
565 Northern Qi: An attack by Northern Zhou is repulsed[14]
Northern Qi: Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi abdicates to Gao Wei[14]
566 Emperor Wen of Chen dies and is succeeded by Chen Bozong (Emperor Fei of Chen)[14]
568 Emperor Fei of Chen is deposed[14]
569 Chen Xu (Emperor Xuan of Chen) takes power[14]

570s[edit]

Year Date Event
570 Chen dynasty establishes trade relations with the Early Lý dynasty[12]
572 Northern Zhou: Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou kills Yuwen Hu[14]
573 Northern Qi: Loses areas north of the Changjiang to the Chen dynasty, including the Huai River valley[14]
574 Northern Zhou: Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou launches proscription against Buddhism[14]
575 Northern Qi: Forces are defeated by Chen dynasty at Lüliang[14]
Northern Zhou: Attacks Northern Qi[14]
576 Northern Zhou: Takes Jinyang[14]
577 Northern Zhou: Annexes Northern Qi[14]
578 Northern Zhou: Repulses a Chen attack on Pengcheng and captures Wu Mingche[14]
Northern Zhou: Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou dies and is succeeded by Yuwen Yun (Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou)[14]
579 Northern Zhou: Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou abdicates to Yuwen Chan (Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou)[14]

580s[edit]

Year Date Event
580 Northern Zhou: Seizes area north of the Changjiang[14]
Northern Zhou: Yang Jian becomes de facto holder of power[14]
Northern Zhou: Yuchi Jiong and Wang Qian rebel but fail[14]
581 Sui dynasty: Yang Jian (Emperor Wen of Sui) replaces the Northern Zhou with the Sui dynasty[15]
582 Emperor Xuan of Chen dies and is succeeded by Chen Shubao[15]
583 Sui dynasty: Emperor Wen of Sui moves into Daxingcheng (Xi'an, Shaanxi) and abolishes the commanderies while promulgating the Kaihuang Code[15]
584 Sui dynasty: Digs the Guangtong Canal[14]
587 Sui dynasty: Annexes Western Liang[15]
588 Sui dynasty: Launches expedition against the Chen dynasty[15]
589 Sui dynasty: Takes Jiankang and annexes the Chen dynasty; so ends the Northern and Southern dynasties[15]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Xiong 2009, p. xcvii.
  2. ^ Xiong 2009, p. 123.
  3. ^ a b Xiong 2009, p. 547.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Xiong 2009, p. xcviii.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Xiong 2009, p. xcix.
  6. ^ Xiong 2009, p. 273.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Xiong 2009, p. c.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Xiong 2009, p. ci.
  9. ^ Xiong 2009, p. 414.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Xiong 2009, p. cii.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Xiong 2009, p. ciii.
  12. ^ a b c d Taylor 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Xiong 2009, p. civ.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Xiong 2009, p. cv.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Xiong 2009, p. cvi.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Crespigny, Rafe (2007), A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD), Brill
  • Taylor, K.W. (2013), A History of the Vietnamese, Cambridge University Press
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 978-0810860537
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