Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals

Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals: a Standard history source. Covers AD 502 – 557, with 120 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 502 – 557
Events120 events, 118 placed on the map
Author姚思廉
Original title梁書 本紀

Regions: China 115 · Southeast Asia 5

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 502建康Xiao Yan ascended the throne at the southern altar in Jiankang and founded the Liang dynasty; Emperor He of Qi had abdicated.卷2 天監元年
AD 502建康Right after his accession he conferred general titles on the rulers of neighboring states, including the kings of Goguryeo, Baekje and Wa.卷2 天監元年 戊辰
AD 502馬鞍山市Emperor He of Qi, who had yielded the throne as Prince of Balin, died at Gushu and was posthumously honored as Emperor He.卷2 天監元年 戊辰
AD 502建康Bandits entered the palace through the north and south side gates, burned the Xinhao Gate and the Zongzhang pavilion, and killed Zhang Hongce, Minister of the Guards.卷2 天監元年 五月
AD 502尋陽Chen Bozhi, prefect of Jiangzhou, rebelled; Wang Mao, as general pacifying the south, attacked him. In the sixth month Chen Bozhi fled north and the revolt was pacified.卷2 天監元年 五月
AD 502成都Liu Jilian, former prefect of Yizhou, rebelled and made Chengdu his base.卷2 天監元年 六月
AD 502建康The emperor's son Xiao Tong was made crown prince.卷2 天監元年 十一月
AD 503建康Cai Fadu presented the Liang code: twenty fascicles of statutes, thirty of ordinances and forty of regulations.卷2 天監二年 四月
AD 503成都Deng Yuanqi, prefect of Yizhou, took Chengdu and granted a general amnesty in Yizhou.卷2 天監二年 五月
AD 503信陽市Wei invaded Sizhou.卷2 天監二年 十月
AD 504漢中Wei took Liangzhou.卷2 天監三年 二月
AD 504信陽市Wei took Sizhou and re-established Sizhou at Nanyiyang.卷2 天監三年 八月
AD 505交州Li Kai, prefect of Jiaozhou, rebelled; Li Ce, the zhangshi, pacified it, and Jiaozhou was granted an amnesty.卷2 天監四年 二月
AD 505建康The northern campaign began: Prince Xiao Hong of Linchuan was made commander of the northern expedition, with Liu Tan as his deputy.卷2 天監四年 十月
AD 506壽春Chen Bozhi led his troops from Shouyang in Wei and returned to Liang.卷2 天監五年 三月
AD 506宿遷市Zhang Huishao, left guard commander of the crown prince, took the Wei city of Suyu.卷2 天監五年 五月
AD 506合肥Wei Rui, prefect of Yuzhou, took Hefei city.卷2 天監五年 五月
AD 506連雲港市The entire army of Huan He, prefect of Qing and Qi, took Qushan city.卷2 天監五年 六月
AD 506鳳陽縣Wei attacked Zhongli; General of the Right Guard Cao Jingzong was sent to relieve it.卷2 天監五年 十一月
AD 507鳳陽縣Cao Jingzong and Wei Rui defeated the Wei army at Shaoyangzhou, with more than ten thousand captured or killed.卷2 天監六年 四月
AD 508建康When the frontier cities of Liang submitted, the emperor issued an edict ordering a large-scale northern campaign.卷2 天監七年 十月
AD 508汝南Bai Zaosheng, commander of the Wei garrison at Xuanhu, and Hu Xun, prefect of Yuzhou, surrendered their cities to Liang.卷2 天監七年 十月
AD 509宿遷市Cheng Jingjun, adjutant of the Zhendong army of Wei, beheaded Yan Zhongbao, lord of Suyu city, and surrendered the city.卷2 天監八年 正月
AD 511連雲港市Bandits killed the prefects of Dongwan and Langya and drew Wei troops in at Qushan; Ma Xianpi was sent to suppress them.卷2 天監十年 三月
AD 511連雲港市Ma Xianpi crushed the Wei army and recovered Qushan city.卷2 天監十年 十二月
AD 513建康Completion of the Taiji Hall.卷2 天監十二年 六月
AD 516交州Li Ce, prefect of Jiaozhou, beheaded the rebel Ruan Zongxiao and sent his head to the capital.卷2 天監十五年 十一月
AD 521建康Baekje and Silla each sent envoys to present local products.卷3 普通二年 十一月
AD 524壽春General Xuanyi Pei Sui raided Shouyang and entered its outer city, but could not take it.卷3 普通五年 九月
AD 525彭城Yuan Fasheng, prefect of Xuzhou for Wei, surrendered Pengcheng to Liang.卷3 普通六年 正月
AD 525建康The emperor visited Baixia city and reviewed the camps of the land army.卷3 普通六年 三月
AD 525彭城Xiao Zong, Prince of Yuzhang, temporarily stationed at Pengcheng, concurrently overseeing the armies and the affairs of Xuzhou.卷3 普通六年 三月
AD 525彭城Xiao Zong fled to Wei, and Wei recovered Pengcheng.卷3 普通六年 六月
AD 526壽春The armies of Xiahou Dan and others took Shouyang city; afterwards Yuzhou was set up at Shouyang.卷3 普通七年 十一月
AD 527建康The emperor went to Dongtai Temple and performed the act of self-renunciation.卷3 大通元年 三月
AD 527涡阳县Yuan Qinghe, prefect of Dongyuzhou for Wei, surrendered Guoyang.卷3 大通元年 十月
AD 527涡阳县Xiao Yuanzao was made commander of the northern campaign and General Who Pacifies the North, and was stationed at Guoyang.卷3 大通元年 十一月
AD 528信陽市Yuan Yuanda, prefect of Yingzhou for Wei, surrendered Yiyang; a Northern Sizhou was established there.卷3 大通二年 四月
AD 528建康Yuan Hao, Prince of Beihai of Wei, was made ruler of Wei by Liang; Chen Qingzhi escorted him back north.卷3 大通二年 十月
AD 529虎牢Chen Qingzhi took Hulao city.卷3 中大通元年 五月
AD 529洛陽Yuan Ziyou, ruler of Wei, abandoned Luoyang and fled north of the Yellow River; Yuan Hao entered Luoyang.卷3 中大通元年 五月
AD 529洛陽Erzhu Rong attacked Yuan Hao, killed him, and recovered Luoyang.卷3 中大通元年 閏月
AD 529建康At Dongtai Temple the emperor held a great assembly of the four-fold offering; the emperor was ransomed by his ministers for a hundred million cash.卷3 中大通元年 九月
AD 530建康Yuan Yue, Grand Protector and Prince of Runan of Wei, was made ruler of Wei and sent back north.卷3 中大通二年 六月
AD 531建康Crown Prince Xiao Tong died.卷3 中大通三年 四月
AD 531建康At Dongtai Temple the emperor ascended the Dharma seat and lectured on the Mahaparinirvana Sutra.卷3 中大通三年 十月
AD 532洛陽Xue Fahu escorted Yuan Yue into Luoyang.卷3 中大通四年 正月
AD 533下邳Lan Bao, lord of Jianyi city for Wei, killed the prefects of Dongxu and Xizhou and surrendered Xiapi city.卷3 中大通五年 六月
AD 535漢中Lan Qin, prefect of Beiyangzhou, attacked and took Hanzhong; Yuan Luo, prefect of Liangzhou for Wei, surrendered.卷3 大同元年 十一月
AD 536建康By edict a great northern campaign was ordered; in the eleventh month a withdrawal order was issued.卷3 大同二年 十月
AD 536建康Wei asked for peace, and by edict the request was granted.卷3 大同二年 十二月
AD 537廣陵A great famine in Nanyanzhou (seat at Guangling).卷3 大同三年 九月
AD 541交州Li Bi, a native of Jiaozhou, attacked the prefect Xiao Zi; Xiao Zi offered bribes and returned to Yuezhou.卷3 大同七年 末
AD 542豫章Liu Jinggong of Anchengjun rebelled in the left-wing manner, took the commandery, attacked Luling and seized Yuzhang, with tens of thousands of followers.卷3 大同八年 正月
AD 542建康Liu Jinggong was crushed and captured; he was sent to the capital and beheaded in the Jiankang market.卷3 大同八年 三月
AD 542交州The prefects of Yuezhou, Nazhou, Anzhou and Aizhou were sent together to punish Li Bi of Jiaozhou.卷3 大同八年 三月
AD 543The king of Linyi defeated Dezhou and attacked Li Bi, but Li Bi's general Fan Xiu defeated him at Jiude, and the king of Linyi fled.卷3 大同九年 四月
AD 544交州Li Bi usurped the imperial title in Jiaozhi, and set up a court with all its officials.卷3 大同十年 正月
AD 544丹陽市The emperor returned to his native Lanling and visited the tomb of his father, the Jianning Mausoleum.卷3 大同十年 三月
AD 544京口The emperor went to the northern watchtower of Jingkou city and renamed it Beigu (North Gaze).卷3 大同十年 三月
AD 546建康At the Dongtai Temple Dharma assembly, on the night of the festival of the opening of the temple, fire broke out at Dongtai Temple.卷3 中大同元年 四月
AD 547建康Hou Jing, Grand Master of the Wei, offered thirteen prefectures and asked to submit; he was enfeoffed as Grand General and Prince of Henan and given the Grand Ceremonial Office.卷3 太清元年 二月
AD 547汝南Yang Yaren entered Xuanhu city.卷3 太清元年 七月
AD 547彭城A great battle at Hanshan: Xiao Yuanming was crushed and captured by Wei along with Hu Guisun and others.卷3 太清元年 十一月
AD 548涡阳县Wei took Guoyang city.卷3 太清二年 正月
AD 548壽春Hou Jing rebelled and attacked the garrisons at Matou, Muzha and Jingshan.卷3 太清二年 八月
AD 548歷陽Hou Jing attacked Liyang; the prefect Zhuang Tie surrendered.卷3 太清二年 十月
AD 548馬鞍山市Hou Jing crossed the Yangtze from the Hengjiang and landed at Caishi.卷3 太清二年 十月
AD 548建康Hou Jing's army reached the capital; Xiao Zhengde, Prince of Linhe, led his troops and surrendered.卷3 太清二年 十月
AD 548建康The enemy took Dongfu City, and Xiao Tui, Marquis of Nanpu, and others were killed.卷3 太清二年 十一月
AD 549建康The enemy crossed the army at Qingtang and attacked Wei Can's camp, defeated it; Wei Can died in battle.卷3 太清三年 正月
AD 549建康The enemy took the palace city, released the soldiers, and plundered widely.卷3 太清三年 三月
AD 549建康Emperor Wu died at Jingju Hall at the age of eighty-six.卷3 太清三年 五月
AD 549建康Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen) ascended the throne.卷4 太清三年 五月
AD 549廣州市Yuan Jingzhong, prefect of Guangzhou, meant to respond to Hou Jing; Chen Baxian attacked, and Yuan Jingzhong committed suicide.卷4 太清三年 七月
AD 549尋陽A great famine in Jiujiang; four or five out of ten people ate human flesh.卷4 太清三年 七月
AD 550廣陵Hou Jing took Guangling.卷4 大寶元年 二月
AD 550建康Hou Jing pressed Emperor Jianwen and forced him to travel to Xizhou.卷4 大寶元年 二月
AD 550尋陽When Hou Jing's Xingtai commander Ren Yue attacked Jiangzhou, the prefect Xiao Daxin, Prince of Xunyang, surrendered the prefecture.卷4 大寶元年 七月
AD 550夏口Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, sent Wang Sengbian to press Xiakou (Yingzhou).卷4 大寶元年 八月
AD 550長沙Wang Sengbian took Xiangzhou, and beheaded Xiao Yu, Prince of Hedong, pacifying Xiangzhou.卷5 大寶元年 五月
AD 550武昌Ren Yue invaded Xiyang and Wuchang; Xu Wensheng and others went down to Wuchang to defend.卷5 大寶元年 九月
AD 551安陸Xiao Lun, Prince of Xiaoling, fled to the eastern walls of Anlu, was attacked by the Western Wei and defeated, and died.卷4 大寶二年 二月
AD 551夏口Hou Jing sent Song Zixian and Ren Yue to attack Yingzhou; the prefect Xiao Fangzhu was captured.卷4 大寶二年 四月
AD 551岳陽市Hou Jing attacked Baling; Wang Sengbian fought repeatedly but could not win.卷4 大寶二年 閏月
AD 551岳陽市Hu Sengyou crushed and captured Ren Yue; Hou Jing lifted the siege and fled by night.卷4 大寶二年 六月
AD 551夏口Wang Sengbian, after Lushan city, surrounded and took Yingzhou, capturing Song Zixian and others.卷4 大寶二年 六月
AD 551建康Hou Jing deposed Emperor Jianwen, made him Prince of Jin'an, and confined him in Yongfu city.卷4 大寶二年 八月
AD 551建康Emperor Jianwen died in Yongfu city at forty-nine; he was killed by Hou Jing's side (Wang Wei).卷4 大寶二年 十月
AD 551岳陽市Emperor Yuan sent Hu Sengyou and Lu Fahe to relieve Baling; Ren Yue was defeated and Hou Jing fled.卷5 大寶二年 五月
AD 552江陵Wang Sengbian and others pacified Hou Jing and sent his head to Jiangling.卷5 承聖元年 三月
AD 552成都Xiao Ji, Prince of Wuling, claimed the imperial title in Shu and changed the era name to Tianzheng.卷5 承聖元年 四月
AD 552成都Xiao Ji led the great army of Ba and Shu down eastward by boat; Lu Fahe blocked him at Baxia (origin recorded as Chengdu).卷5 承聖元年 八月
AD 552長沙Lu Na, after Wang Lin, rebelled at Changsha, raided Xiangzhou and took it.卷5 承聖元年 十月
AD 552江陵Xiao Yi (Emperor Yuan) ascended the throne at Jiangling.卷5 承聖元年 十一月
AD 553成都Western Wei sent Yuchi Jiong to raid Yizhou.卷5 承聖二年 正月
AD 553夷陵The army of Xiao Ji arrived at Xiling (Yiling).卷5 承聖二年 五月
AD 553長沙After Lu Na's rebellion was pacified, Xiangzhou was pacified.卷5 承聖二年 六月
AD 553成都Yuchi Jiong took Yizhou.卷5 承聖二年 八月
AD 554宿遷市Wang Qiu of Wei attacked Suyu with seven hundred men; Du Sengming met him and crushed him.卷5 承聖三年 三月
AD 554長安Western Wei gave the Grand Preceptor Yu Jin a great army and sent him to invade (origin recorded as Chang'an).卷5 承聖三年 九月
AD 554襄陽The Wei army reached Xiangyang, and Xiao Cha joined them with his troops.卷5 承聖三年 十月
AD 554江陵The Wei army arrived beneath the outer palisade of Jiangling.卷5 承聖三年 十一月
AD 554江陵Western Wei killed Emperor Yuan; he died at the age of forty-seven.卷5 承聖三年 十二月
AD 555建康Xiao Fangzhi (Emperor Jing) came from Xunyang to the capital and lodged in the court hall.卷6 序(承聖四年 二月)
AD 555馬鞍山市Wang Sengbian, welcoming Xiao Yuanming, Marquis of Zhenyang, crossed the Yangtze at Caishi.卷6 序(承聖四年 七月)
AD 555建康Chen Baxian rose in revolt, attacked and killed Wang Sengbian, and deposed Xiao Yuanming.卷6 序(承聖四年 九月)
AD 555馬鞍山市Xu Sihui and Ren Yue reached Caishi and received reinforcements from Qi.卷6 紹泰元年 十二月
AD 556馬鞍山市Xu Sihui and Ren Yue attacked the Caishi garrison, captured Zhang Huaijun, and entered Qi.卷6 太平元年 二月
AD 556會稽Zhou Wenyu and Chen Qian attacked Kuaiji; Zhang Biao, defeated and fleeing, was beheaded by a villager of Ruoye.卷6 太平元年 二月
AD 556Xiao Gui of Qi headed from Zhakou toward Liangshan, and Chen Baxian and Huang Qiu met him and crushed him.卷6 太平元年 三月
AD 556歷陽Hou Andu, with light troops, raided the Qi acting commander Sima Gong at Liyang and crushed him, taking prisoners in the tens of thousands.卷6 太平元年 四月
AD 556建康The Qi army passed through Danyang county and reached Guye in Moling, close to the capital.卷6 太平元年 五月
AD 556建康Chen Baxian commanded his troops and crushed the Qi forces on the outskirts of the capital; Xu Sihui and others were beheaded or captured.卷6 太平元年 六月
AD 556建康Chen Baxian was made chancellor, Minister of Documents and governor of Yangzhou, and enfeoffed as Duke of Yixing.卷6 太平元年 九月
AD 557廣州市Xiao Bo, grand protector and prefect of Guangzhou, rose in rebellion; Zhou Wenyu and Hou Andu marched south to suppress him.卷6 太平二年 二月
AD 557韶關市Chen Fawu and Tan Shiyuan attacked Xiao Bo at Shixing and killed him.卷6 太平二年 三月
AD 557豫章Hou Andu marched his army; Yu Xiaoqing fled, and Xiao Zi surrendered, so Yuzhang was pacified.卷6 太平二年 四月
AD 557建康Chen Baxian, the chancellor, was raised to Grand Chancellor and enfeoffed with ten commanderies as Duke of Chen.卷6 太平二年 九月
AD 557建康The King of Chen ascended the throne by abdication; Jing was made Prince of Jiangyin and died at sixteen. End of Liang.卷6 太平二年 十月

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