State · 320 – 376
Former Liang
A state of 320 – 376 — 56 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Western Jin dynasty. It was replaced by Former Qin. Its line of rulers holds 8 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 56 years
- 320 – 376
- Rulers
- 8
- the Ruler of Former Liang
- Most ground
- 305,700 km²
- in 373
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Western Jin dynasty · replaces
After it
- Former Qin · replaced by · 350 – 394
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Shi | 314 – 320 | 6 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Zhang Mao | 320 – 324 | 4 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Zhang Jun | 324 – 346 | 22 years | ending not on record | nephew or niece |
| Zhang Chonghua | 346 – 353 | 7 years | ending not on record | child |
| Zhang Yaoling | 353 – 353 | under a year | ending not on record | child |
| Zhang Zuo | 353 – 355 | 2 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Zhang Xuanjing | 355 – 363 | 8 years | ending not on record | nephew or niece |
| Zhang Tianxi | 363 – 376 | 13 years | ending not on record |
8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 314 – 376. Median reign 6.5 years. 3 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
305,400 km² in 330, 305,700 km² in 376; at its largest 305,700 km² in 376. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood56 years
stood longer than 36% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held305,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 66% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median7 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 310 – 386, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 373, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q943392 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.