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479–502 | |||||||||
![]() Southern Qi and its neighbors. They were bordered by theNorthern Wei to the north. | |||||||||
Capital | Jiankang | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||
• 479–482 | Emperor Gao | ||||||||
• 482–493 | Emperor Wu | ||||||||
• 501–502 | Emperor He | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 3 June[1] 479 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 24 April[2] 502 | ||||||||
Currency | Chinese coin, Chinese cash | ||||||||
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Today part of | China Vietnam |
Qi, known in historiography as theSouthern Qi (simplified Chinese:南齐;traditional Chinese:南齊;pinyin:Nán Qí orsimplified Chinese:南朝齐;traditional Chinese:南朝齊;pinyin:Nán Cháo Qí) orXiao Qi (simplified Chinese:萧齐;traditional Chinese:蕭齊;pinyin:Xiāo Qí),[3] was aChinese imperial dynasty and the second of the fourSouthern dynasties during theNorthern and Southern dynasties era. It followed theLiu Song dynasty and was succeeded by theLiang dynasty. The main polity to its north was theNorthern Wei.
The dynasty began in 479, whenXiao Daocheng forced theEmperor Shun of Liu Song (宋顺帝) into yielding the throne to him, ending Liu Song and starting Southern Qi, as itsEmperor Gao. The dynasty's name was taken from Xiao's fief, which roughly occupied the same territory as the Warring States eraKingdom of Qi. TheBook of the Qi does not mention whether or not Xiao had anyblood relationship to either theHouse of Jiang orHouse of Tian, the two dynasties which had previously ruled that kingdom.[4]
During its 23-year history, the dynasty was largely filled with instability, as after the death of the capableEmperor Gao andEmperor Wu, Emperor Wu's grandsonXiao Zhaoye (萧昭业) was assassinated by Emperor Wu's intelligent but cruel and suspicious cousinXiao Luan (萧鸾), who took over as Emperor Ming, and proceeded to carry out massive executions of Emperor Gao's and Emperor Wu's sons, as well as officials whom he suspected of plotting against him.[5][6]
The arbitrariness of these executions was exacerbated after Emperor Ming was succeeded by his sonXiao Baojuan, whose actions drew multiple rebellions, the last of which, by the generalXiao Yan (萧衍) led to Southern Qi's fall and succession by Xiao Yan'sLiang Dynasty.[7]
More than fifty percent of Tuoba Xianbei princesses of the Northern Wei were married to southern Han Chinese men from the imperial families and aristocrats from southern China of theSouthern dynasties who defected and moved north to join the Northern Wei.[10] Tuoba Xianbei Princess Nanyang (南阳长公主) was married toXiao Baoyin (萧宝夤), a Han Chinese member of Southern Qi royalty.[11] Xianbei TuobaEmperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei's sister the Shouyang Princess was wedded to the Han ChineseLiang dynasty rulerEmperor Wu of Liang's son Xiao Zong蕭綜.[12]
In 479, afterXiao Daocheng usurped the throne of Liu Song, theNorthern Wei emperor prepared to invade under the pretext of installing Liu Chang, son ofEmperor Wen of Liu Song who had been in exile in Wei since 465 AD.Wei troops began to attackShouyang but could not take the city. The Southern Qi began to fortify their capital, Jiankang, in order to prevent further Wei raids.Multiple sieges and skirmishes were fought until 481 but the war did not witness any major campaign. A peace treaty was signed in 490 with theEmperor Wu.
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Posthumous Name | Family name andgiven names | Period of Reigns | Era names |
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Emperor Gao of Southern Qi (齊高帝) | Xiao Daocheng (蕭道成) | 479–482 | Jianyuan (建元) 479–482 |
Emperor Wu of Southern Qi (齊武帝) | Xiao Ze (蕭賾) | 482–493 | Yongming (永明) 483–493 |
– | Xiao Zhaoye (蕭昭業) | 493–494 | Longchang (隆昌) 494 |
– | Xiao Zhaowen (蕭昭文) | 494 | Yanxing (延興) 494 |
Emperor Ming of Southern Qi (齊明帝) | Xiao Luan (蕭鸞) | 494–498 | Jianwu (建武) 494–498 Yongtai (永泰) 498 |
– | Xiao Baojuan (蕭寶卷) | 499–501 | Yongyuan (永元) 499–501 |
Emperor He of Southern Qi (齊和帝) | Xiao Baorong (蕭寶融) | 501–502[note 1] | Zhongxing (中興) 501–502 |
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