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- This article refers to the Xianbei kingdom in what is now Gansu. For the Southern Dynasty known as Southern Liang, see Liang Dynasty.
The Southern Liang (; 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".
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 |
See also
Southern Liang | 397 establishments | 414 disestablishments
Liang méridional | 南涼 | Южная Лян | 南凉
"Southern Liang"