1 sett 502 anni - EMPEROR WU (LIANG) Xiao Yan 502-549

Descrizione:

-Longest Reign in Southern Dynasty (47 yrs)

-Considered pinnacle of Southern Dynasties

-Continued Qi era practice of marrying family into Jiankang elite

-Pacified theMilitary, kept them active
Fought against Northern Wei, then
Northern Wei was split

-Revamped Administration giving more power to examinations rather than hereditary

-Promoted Confucian classics and opened an academy (Cambridge pg. 261)

-Ordained as a Bodhisattva, strongly promoted Buddhism
Worked to harmonize Buddhism and
Confucianism

Two Weaknesses
- Prolonged peace weakend military
-No clear succession plan

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