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State · 420 – 589

Northern and Southern dynasties

A state of 420 – 589 — 169 years. It followed Jin dynasty (266–420). The atlas records 23 things within it — people 23. Its line of rulers holds 91 people, 80 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved by unification of China proper by.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
169 years
420 – 589
Rulers
91
the Emperor of China
Within it
23
recorded rows

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Jin dynasty (266–420): 266 – 420Northern and Southern dynasties: 420 – 589

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

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved by unification of China proper by, 589. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

It came to an end with the unification of China proper by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty in 589 AD.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Emperor of China.

Yao Hong · 416 – 417 · executedLi Xin · 417 – 420 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Gong of Jin · 419 – 420 · ended by a named eventLi Xun · 420 – 421 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wu of Song · 420 – 422 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shao of Song · 422 – 424 · killedEmperor Taiwu of Northern Wei · 423 – 452 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wen of Song · 424 – 453 · died in office, manner not recordedHelian Chang · 425 – 428 · left office aliveQifu Mumo · 428 – 431 · died in office, manner not recordedHelian Ding · 428 – 431 · left office aliveFeng Hong · 430 – 436 · left office aliveJuqu Mujian · 433 – 439 · left office aliveTuoba Yu · 452 – 452 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wencheng of Northern Wei · 452 – 465 · died in office, manner not recordedLiu Shao · 453 – 453 · executedEmperor Xiaowu of Song · 453 – 464 · died in office, manner not recordedLiu Ziye · 464 – 466 · killedEmperor Xianwen of Northern Wei · 465 – 471 · ended by a named eventLiu Zixun · 466 – 466 · executedEmperor Ming of Song · 466 – 472 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei · 471 – 499 · died in office, manner not recordedLatter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song · 472 – 477 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shun of Song · 477 – 479 · ended by a named eventEmperor Gao of Southern Qi · 479 – 482 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wu of Southern Qi · 482 – 493 · died in office, manner not recordedXiao Baojuan · 489 – 502 · killedMunjamyeong of Goguryeo · 491 – 519 · died in office, manner not recordedXiao Zhaoye · 493 – 494 · killedXiao Zhaowen · 494 – 494 · deposed or removedEmperor Ming of Southern Qi · 494 – 498 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei · 499 – 515 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor He of Southern Qi · 501 – 502 · ended by a named eventEmperor Wu of Liang · 502 – 549 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei · 515 – 528 · killedAnjang of Goguryeo · 519 – 531 · died in office, manner not recordedDaughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei · 528 – 528 · deposed or removedYuan Zhao · 528 – 528 · died by accidentEmperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei · 528 – 531 · killedYuan Ye · 530 – 531 · ended by a named eventEmperor Jiemin of Northern Wei · 531 – 532 · deposed or removedYuan Lang · 531 – 532 · ended by a named eventAnwon of Goguryeo · 531 – 545 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei · 532 – 535 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei · 534 – 550 · ended by a named eventEmperor Wen of Western Wei · 535 – 551 · died in office, manner not recordedYangwon of Goguryeo · 545 – 559 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Jianwen of Liang · 549 – 551 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi · 550 – 559 · died in office, manner not recordedXiao Dong · 551 – 551 · deposed or removedHou Jing · 551 – 552 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Fei of Western Wei · 551 – 554 · deposed or removedXiao Ji · 552 – 553 · killedEmperor Yuan of Liang · 552 – 555 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Gong of Western Wei · 554 – 557 · ended by a named eventXiao Yuanming · 555 – 555 · deposed or removedEmperor Jing of Liang · 555 – 557 · ended by a named eventXiao Cha · 555 – 562 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou · 557 – 557 · abdicatedEmperor Wu of Chen · 557 – 559 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Ming of Northern Zhou · 557 – 560 · killedXiao Zhuang · 557 – 560 · abdicatedEmperor Fei of Northern Qi · 559 – 560 · deposed or removedEmperor Wen of Chen · 559 – 566 · died in office, manner not recordedPyeongwon of Goguryeo · 559 – 590 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi · 560 – 561 · died by accidentEmperor Wu of Northern Zhou · 560 – 578 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wucheng of Northern Qi · 561 – 565 · ended by a named eventXiao Kui · 562 – 585 · died in office, manner not recordedGao Wei · 565 – 577 · ended by a named eventEmperor Fei of Chen · 567 – 568 · deposed or removedEmperor Xuan of Chen · 568 – 582 · died in office, manner not recordedGao Heng · 577 – 577 · abdicatedGao Yanzong · 577 – 577 · executedEmperor Xuan of Northern Zhou · 578 – 579 · ended by a named eventGao Shaoyi · 578 – 580 · exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysEmperor Jing of Northern Zhou · 579 – 581 · ended by a named eventEmperor Wen of Sui · 581 – 604 · died in office, manner not recordedChen Shubao · 582 – 589 · abdicatedXiao Cong · 585 – 587 · deposed or removed450500550
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

91 terms are shared from [object Object],[object Object].

RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Yao Hong · from the line of Chinese Empire416 – 4171 yearexecutedWikidata's manner of death
Li Xin · from the line of Chinese Empire417 – 4203 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Gong of Jin · from the line of Chinese Empire419 – 4201 yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Li Xun · from the line of Chinese Empire420 – 4211 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Wu of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire420 – 4222 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Shao of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire422 – 4242 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire423 – 45229 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wen of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire424 – 45329 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Helian Chang · from the line of Chinese Empire425 – 4283 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Qifu Mumo · from the line of Chinese Empire428 – 4313 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Helian Ding · from the line of Chinese Empire428 – 4313 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Feng Hong · from the line of Chinese Empire430 – 4366 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Juqu Mujian · from the line of Chinese Empire433 – 4396 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Tuoba Yu · from the line of Chinese Empire452 – 452under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire452 – 46513 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termnephew or niece
Liu Shao · from the line of Chinese Empire453 – 453under a yearexecutedWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Xiaowu of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire453 – 46411 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Liu Ziye · from the line of Chinese Empire464 – 4662 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire465 – 4716 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Liu Zixun · from the line of Chinese Empire466 – 466under a yearexecutedWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Ming of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire466 – 4726 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire471 – 49928 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Latter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song · from the line of Chinese Empire472 – 4775 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Shun of Song · from the line of Chinese Empire477 – 4792 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Gao of Southern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire479 – 4823 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wu of Southern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire482 – 49311 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Xiao Baojuan · from the line of Chinese Empire489 – 50213 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Munjamyeong of Goguryeo · from the line of Chinese Empire491 – 51928 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Xiao Zhaoye · from the line of Chinese Empire493 – 4941 yearkilledWikidata's manner of death
Xiao Zhaowen · from the line of Chinese Empire494 – 494under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire494 – 4984 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire499 – 51516 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor He of Southern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire501 – 5021 yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wu of Liang · from the line of Liang dynasty502 – 54947 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire515 – 52813 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Anjang of Goguryeo · from the line of Chinese Empire519 – 53112 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire528 – 528under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Yuan Zhao · from the line of Chinese Empire528 – 528under a yeardied by accidentWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire528 – 5313 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Yuan Ye · from the line of Chinese Empire530 – 5311 yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire531 – 5321 yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Yuan Lang · from the line of Chinese Empire531 – 5321 yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Anwon of Goguryeo · from the line of Chinese Empire531 – 54514 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire532 – 5353 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire534 – 55016 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wen of Western Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire535 – 55116 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Yangwon of Goguryeo · from the line of Chinese Empire545 – 55914 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Jianwen of Liang · from the line of Liang dynasty549 – 5512 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire550 – 5599 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Dong · from the line of Liang dynasty551 – 551under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Hou Jing · from the line of Chinese Empire551 – 5521 yeardied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Fei of Western Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire551 – 5543 yearsdeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Ji · from the line of Liang dynasty552 – 5531 yearkilledWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Yuan of Liang · from the line of Liang dynasty552 – 5553 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Gong of Western Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire554 – 5573 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Yuanming · from the line of Liang dynasty555 – 555under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Jing of Liang · from the line of Liang dynasty555 – 5572 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Cha · from the line of Chinese Empire555 – 5627 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou · from the line of Chinese Empire557 – 557under a yearabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wu of Chen · from the line of Chinese Empire557 – 5592 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou · from the line of Chinese Empire557 – 5603 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Xiao Zhuang · from the line of Liang dynasty557 – 5603 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Fei of Northern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire559 – 5601 yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wen of Chen · from the line of Chinese Empire559 – 5667 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Pyeongwon of Goguryeo · from the line of Chinese Empire559 – 59031 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire560 – 5611 yeardied by accidentWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou · from the line of Chinese Empire560 – 57818 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi · from the line of Chinese Empire561 – 5654 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Kui · from the line of Chinese Empire562 – 58523 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Gao Wei · from the line of Chinese Empire565 – 57712 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Fei of Chen · from the line of Chinese Empire567 – 5681 yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xuan of Chen · from the line of Chinese Empire568 – 58214 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Gao Heng · from the line of Chinese Empire577 – 577under a yearabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Gao Yanzong · from the line of Chinese Empire577 – 577under a yearexecutedWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou · from the line of Chinese Empire578 – 5791 yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Gao Shaoyi · from the line of Chinese Empire578 – 5802 yearsexiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou · from the line of Chinese Empire579 – 5812 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Wen of Sui · from the line of Chinese Empire581 – 60423 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Chen Shubao · from the line of Chinese Empire582 – 5897 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Xiao Cong · from the line of Chinese Empire585 – 5872 yearsdeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term

91 rulers, 80 with terms dated as terms, covering 416 – 604. Median reign 3 years. 67 of 79 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.77, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

400 – 499: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other400500 – 599: 16 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other500

400 – 4994 rows

500 – 59916 rows

and 8 more in the atlas.

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 stood169 years

    stood longer than 58% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • 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 median3 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 9% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record91

    has more rulers on record than 99% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, 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.

Jin dynasty (266–420) · Linked · 266 – 420Jin dynasty (266–420)Northern Wei · Linked · 386 – 535Northern WeiSixteen Kingdoms · In the article · 304 · “The Northern and Southern dynasties (Chinese: 南北朝; pinyin: Nán běi cháo) was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 58…”Sixteen KingdomsNorthern and Southern dynasties · 420 – 589Northern and Southern dynasties300400500600
in the articlelinked

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

Wikidata Q49696 (CC0) · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.