The
Liang (555–587), known in historiography as the
Western Liang (西梁) or the
Later Liang (后梁) to distinguish it from the earlier
Liang dynasty (502–557), was a small puppet state during the Northern and Southern dynasties period, located in the middle Yangtze region in today's central Hubei province. From 555 to 557 it was subservient to the
Western Wei, from 557 to 581 to the
Northern Zhou (which replaced Western Wei), and from 581 to 587 to the
Sui dynasty (which replaced Northern Zhou) before the Sui annexed it.
The Western Liang's founding emperor, Xiao Cha, was a grandson of the Liang dynasty founder Emperor Wu of Liang. As a result, Western Liang is usually considered a rump state of the Liang dynasty after 557. From 555 to 557 the two states existed simultaneously: Xiao Cha ruled from Jiangling, while the Liang dynasty emperors Xiao Yuanming and Xiao Fangzhi ruled from Jiankang. Before 555, Emperor Yuan of Liang also ruled from Jiangling before he was captured and executed by Xiao Cha and his Western Wei backers. However, he is considered a Liang dynasty emperor rather than a Western Liang emperor because, among other things, he (at least nominally) controlled a much larger territory.
The Western Liang had 3 emperors, Xiao Cha (Emperor Xuan), Xiao Kui (Emperor Ming), and Xiao Cong (Emperor Jing). From 617 to 621, when the Sui dynasty collapsed, Xiao Cha's great-grandson Xiao Xian occupied the former Western Liang territory (and more) and proclaimed himself King of Liang, but his short-lived state is usually considered separate.
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后梁（555年－587年）为中国南北朝时期
南梁在
萧詧称帝后残存的政权(在西魏支持下)。国都于江陵，统治地区位于原梁朝国都建康以西，故又称
西梁。
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历史
在南梁末年的侯景之乱中，梁武帝孙、昭明太子萧统子岳阳王萧詧为叔父湘东王萧绎所迫投降西魏，封梁王；萧绎后来登基，史称梁元帝。554年西魏攻陷江陵后，梁元帝投降，被萧詧杀死。萧詧于555年称帝，并且对西魏称臣；但是后梁由于国土狭小，属地仅有江陵附近数县八百里地，先后是西魏、北周和隋朝的附庸。但后梁也一直自居为南朝正统而与陈朝对立。而后梁也由于承续南梁的文化，而成为具有高度文化的国家。
后梁共传宣帝萧詧、明帝萧岿、后主萧琮三世。587年九月，隋文帝废除后梁，改萧琮为莒国公，后梁因此灭亡，存在共三十三年。然而由于萧氏历代事奉北周、对隋朝甚为恭谨，萧岿之女还被隋文帝选为晋王妃即后来隋炀帝杨广之皇后（炀愍皇后），因此在后梁废除后，萧氏在隋朝中央朝廷与江陵仍保有一定的政治影响力。隋末群雄之一的萧铣即为萧岿弟萧岩之孙。
行政区划
• 荆州（治南郡）
• 南郡（治江陵县）
• 江陵县（治今湖北省荆州市荆州区）
• 新兴郡（治定襄县）
• 定襄县
• 广牧县
• 安兴县
• 监利郡（治监利县）
• 监利县
• 紫陵县
• 云泽县
• 霍州（侨州）
• 平州（治漳川郡，北周在571年将平州、鄀州、基州三州归于后梁）
• 漳川郡（治当阳县）
• 当阳县（治今湖北省宜昌市当阳市）
• 安居县
• 安远郡
• 鄀州（治武宁郡）
• 武宁郡（治乐乡县）
• 乐乡县（治今湖北省钟祥市西北乐乡关）
• 武山县
• 长林县
• 长宁县
• 基州（治章山郡）
• 章山郡（治丰乡县）
• 丰乡县
• 上黄郡（治上黄县）
• 上黄县
• 禄马县
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