Xiliang (400–421 CE), the government established by Li Huan, was in the western part of present-day Gansu, southwestern Inner Mongolia, and parts of Xinjiang.
King Wuzhao ( 351 – 417 CE ) , courtesy name Xuansheng , small character Changsheng , Longxi Chengjiren , self-proclaimed western Han Fei general Li Guang' sixteenth grandson, founding monarch of The Sixteen Kingdoms of Western Liang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and recognized as the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty imperial family.
In 400 AD, Li Huan proclaimed himself a great general, a lieutenant of the Qiang Dynasty, a pastor of Qin Liang's Erzhou, and a Duke of Liang, changed his name to Yuan Gengzi and established the Western Liang regime, with Dunhuang as its capital. In 405, Li Huan changed the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, sent envoys to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and moved the capital to Jiuquan, where he fought a long-term war with Northern Liang.
During Li Huan's reign, he knew people well, actively accepted advice, enforced the law leniently, and rewarded and punished with faith. Attaching importance to Nongsang, and implementing the measure of "educating soldiers in agriculture", a large number of troops were driven to Yumenguan, Yangguan and other places, and the grain and grain were widely accumulated as the capital of the Eastern Expedition. At the same time, it has broadened its speech path, attached importance to Confucianism, known people and fulfilled responsibilities, and actively revitalized culture and education.
In 417, Li Huan died of illness at the age of sixty-seven, with the title of King Wuzhao and the temple name Taizu, and was buried in the Jianshi Mausoleum. During the second year of Tianbao, Li Longji, the eleventh grandson of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, posthumously honored him as the Xingsheng Emperor.
Li Xin (?) ~420), courtesy name Shiye (字士業), courtesy name Tongshi (桐椎), second son of Li Huan (李暠), the second monarch of Xiliang, reigned from 417 to 420 AD. After ascending the throne in 417 AD, he called himself the Governor of Dadu, the Great General, and the Pastor of Liangzhou, and changed his name to Yuan Jiaxing. During Li Xin's reign, the punishment was too severe, and he liked to build palaces and did not listen to the advice of the ministers. In 420, Li Xin was killed by the Northern Liang emperor Despondent.
Li Ke (?) ~421), courtesy name Shiru, son of Li Huan, brother of Li Xin, and the last monarch of Western Liang. After Li Xin was killed, Li Ke and his brother fled to Beishan. Because of the dunhuang Taishou Suo Yuanxu sent by MengXun of the Depressed Canal, he was brutal and murderous, and he was greatly disappointed. During Li Ke's tenure in Dunhuang, the administrative reputation was outstanding, and the Dunhuang people Song Cheng and others secretly welcomed Li Ke into Dunhuang, Suo Yuanxu fled, and Li Ke was proclaimed as the monarch, claiming to be the champion general, Liangzhou Assassin History, and changing yuan Yongjian. In 421 AD, the Northern Liang army diverted water to Dunhuang, Li Ke begged unsuccessfully, his subordinates surrendered, Li Ke committed suicide, and Xi Liang perished. #Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties ##历史 #