Later Liang

This article is about the Sixteen Kingdoms period state. For the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state, see Later Liang Dynasty.

Later Liang (後涼) 酒泉 (387-389), 三河 (389-396), 涼 (396-403)
← 386–403 →   →   →
Capital	Guzang
Government	Monarchy
Tian Wang
- 386-400	Lü Guang
- 400	Lü Shao
- 401-403	Lü Zuan
- 403-406	Lü Long
History
- Established	386
- Lü Guang's claiming of imperial title	396
- Southern Liang's and Northern Liang's independence	397
- Disestablished	403
- Lü Long's death	416

The Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后凉; traditional Chinese: 後凉; pinyin: Hòu Liáng; 386-403) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China. It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity.

All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang).

Rulers of the Later Liang

Temple names	Posthumous names	Family names and given name	Durations of reigns	Era names and their according durations
Chinese convention: use family and given names
Taizu (太祖 Tàizǔ)	Yiwu (懿武 Yìwǔ)	Lü Guang (呂光 Lǚ Guāng)	386-400	Tai'an (太安 Tài'ān) 386-389 Linjia (麟嘉 Línjiā) 389-396 Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 396-399
Did not exist	Yin (隱 Yǐn)	Lü Shao (呂紹 Lǚ Shào)	400	Longfei (龍飛 Lóngfēi) 399
Did not exist	Ling (靈 Líng)	Lü Zuan (呂纂 Lǚ Zuǎn)	400-401	Xianning (咸寧 Xiánníng) 400-401
Did not exist	Shangshu Gong (尚書公 Shàngshū Gōng) or Jiankang Gong (建康公 Jiànkāng Gōng)	Lü Long (呂隆 Lǚ Lóng)	401-403	Shending (神鼎 Shéndǐng) 401-403

See also

• Di
• List of past Chinese ethnic groups
• Wu Hu
• Sixteen Kingdoms
• Buddhism in China
• Kumarajiva
• Gansu
• Dunhuang
• Memoirs of Eminent Monks