Liang: Emperors: 502-557Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: temple name (miàohào | 廟號) || personal name (míng | 名), considered tabooed (huì | 諱) upon accession; posthumous name (shì | 諡). The childhood courtesy name (xiǎozì | 小字) and/or courtesy name (zì | 字) are included where applicable. The years of bestowal or change are given in brackets. |
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| Ruling Houses: Xiāo (蕭): 502-552, 552-557; Hóu (侯): 552 | |
| Huángdì (皇帝) | |
| 30 Apr 502 - 12 Jun 549 | Gāozǔ (高祖) [549] || Xiāo Yǎn (蕭衍) |
| childhood courtesy name: Liànér (練兒) | |
| courtesy name: Shūdá (叔達) | |
| posthumous name: Wǔ huángdì (武皇帝) [549] | |
| 7 Jul 549 - 2 Oct 551 | Gāozōng (高宗) [551]; Tàizōng (太宗) [552] || Xiāo Gāng (蕭綱) [1] |
| childhood courtesy name: Liùtōng (六通) | |
| courtesy name: Shìzuǎn (世纘) | |
| posthumous names: Míng huángdì (明皇帝) [551]; Jiǎn wén huángdì (簡文皇帝) [552] | |
| 2 Oct 551 - 1 Jan 552 | no temple name bestowed || Xiāo Dòng (蕭棟) [2] |
| courtesy name: Yuánjí (元吉) | |
| 1 Jan 552 - 28 Apr 552 | no temple name bestowed || Hóu Jǐng (侯景) [3] |
| courtesy name: Wànjǐng (萬景) | |
| 13 Dec 552 - 7 Jan 555 | Shìzǔ (世祖) [555] || Xiāo Yì (蕭繹) [4] |
| childhood courtesy name: Qīfú (七符) | |
| courtesy name: Shìchéng (世誠) | |
| posthumous name: Xiào yuán huángdì (孝元皇帝) [555] | |
| 1 Jul 555 - 29 Oct 555 | no temple name bestowed || Xiāo Yuānmíng or Xiāo Shēnmíng (蕭淵明 or 蕭深明) [5][6] |
| courtesy name: Jìngtōng (靖通) | |
| posthumous name: Mǐn huángdì (閔皇帝) | |
| 29 Oct 555 - 12 Nov 557 | no temple name bestowed || Xiāo Fāngzhì (蕭方智) [7] |
| childhood courtesy name: Fǎzhēn (法真) | |
| courtesy name: Huìxiàng (慧相) | |
| posthumous name: Jìng huángdì (敬[皇帝]) | |
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| [1] | Deposed and demoted to prince: Jìnān wáng (晉安王) [551]. |
| [2] | Abdicated and demoted to prince: Huáiyīn wáng (淮陰王) [552]. |
| [3] | Abandoned the capital, Jiangling, and fled to the east, reaching the territory of the modern province of Jiangsu where he was murdered (26 May 552). |
| [4] | Shìzǔ was captured by the forces of Western Wei after the fall of Jiangling (7 Jan 555) and murdered shortly after (27 Jan 555). |
| [5] | Xiāo Yuānmíng was de facto deposed on 27 Oct 555; formal abdication was proclaimed on 29 Oct 555. |
| [6] | Abdicated and demoted to duke: Jiàn'ān jùngōng (建安郡公) [555]. |
| [7] | Abdicated and demoted to prince: Jiāngyīn wáng (江陰王) [557]. |
Last update: 25 Dec 2023