Later Liang (Five Dynasties)

Liang, known in historiography as the Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后梁; traditional Chinese: 後梁; pinyin: Hòu Liáng) (1 June 907 – 19 November 923) or the Zhu Liang (Chinese: 朱梁), was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was founded by Zhu Wen (Emperor Taizu), after he forced the last emperor of the Tang dynasty to abdicate in his favour (and then murdered him). The Later Liang would last until 923 when it was destroyed by the Later Tang dynasty.

Rulers

Temple names	Posthumous names	Family names and given name	Chinese naming conventions	Durations of reigns	Era names and their according durations
Taìzǔ (太祖)	Xiànwǔ (獻武)	Zhū Wēn (朱溫)	Family name and given name	907–912	Kaīpíng (開平) 907–911 Qiánhuà (乾化) 911–912
Did not exist	none	Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)	Family name and given name	912–913	Qiánhuà (乾化) 912–913 Fènglì (鳳曆) 913
Did not exist	Mò (末)^{[note 1]}	Zhū Zhèn (朱瑱)	Family name and given name	913–923	Qiánhuà (乾化) 913–915 Zhēnmíng (貞明) 915–921 Lóngdé (龍德) 921–923

Later Liang

^ Mo ("last") is not a true posthumous name, but he is often referred to as "Emperor Mo" as the last emperor of the dynasty.

Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

v t e Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (Timeline)
Five Dynasties	Later Liang (Jin) / Later Tang Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou
Ten Kingdoms (Ten States)	Wu Former Shu Chu Wuyue Min / (Yin) Southern Han Jingnan Later Shu Southern Tang Northern Han
Other states	Qi Zhao Yan
De facto independent entities	Yiwu Circuit Dingnan Circuit Qingyuan Circuit Jinghai Circuit Wuping Circuit [zh] Guiyi Circuit Lulong Circuit
Neighboring states	Balhae Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom Liao dynasty Tibetan kingdoms Dali Đại Việt
Histories	Old History of the Five Dynasties Historical Records of the Five Dynasties Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms Wudai Huiyao