Later Liang Dynasty

This article covers the Liang Dynasty from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era. For the Later Liang Empire from the Sixteen Kingdoms Era , see Later Liang ; for other states with this name see Liang .

The Later Liang ( Chinese  後梁  /  后梁 , Pinyin Hou Liang ) 907 - 923 is one of the Five Dynasties during the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in China . It was founded by Zhu Wen after he forced the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty to resign in his favor (and then killed him). The Later Liang Dynasty lasted until 923 when it was replaced by the Late Tang Dynasty .

Ruler of the Later Liang Dynasty

Temple name	Posthumous name	Surname and first name	Regency	Era names and their duration
Taìzǔ (太祖)	Xiànwǔ (獻 武)	朱溫 Zhū Wēn	907-912	Kaīpíng (開平) 907–911 Qiánhuà (乾 化) 911–912
Does not exist	Mòdì (末帝)	朱 瑱 Zhū Zhèn	913-923	Qiánhuà (乾 化) 913–915 Zhēnmíng (貞 明) 915–921 Lóngdé (龍 德) 921–923

literature

reference books

Cihai ("Sea of ​​Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5

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