* * * After four emperors, Xiao Yan was the longest reigning emperor for 48 years.
Nanliang (502 -560), the third dynasty of the Southern Dynasties in the history of China, was replaced by Xiao Yan, the imperial clan of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and Jiankang (now Nanjing) was its capital. The national name Liang, in the county, has a fief, hence the name Liang. Because the royal family name is Xiao, also known as Xiao.
In the second year of Taiping (557), the emperor was abolished and became independent, with the title of Chen, and the Chen Dynasty was established with Chen Dailiang. From then on, the Liang Dynasty perished, and the four emperors were fifty-five years old. In addition, Xiao Yan's grandson Cha Xiao once established Xiliang in Jiangling, passed it on to san huang, and * * * passed it on to Xuan Di Cha Xiao, Ming Di and Xiao Cong III, who reigned for 33 years. Later he died in the Sui Dynasty. In the 13th year of the Great Cause at the end of Sui Dynasty (6 17), Xiaoxian rebuilt Liang Xiao in the south of the Yangtze River for five years, which was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.
Liang Wudi (464 -549) was born in Jiankang (now Nanjing), Li Dongcheng in Wujin County, Nanlanling County (now xian county Town, Danyang City, Jiangsu Province), and was the founder of Liang regime in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Xiao Yan, the son of the Xiao family in Lanling, is the 25th grandson of Xiao He, the prime minister of Han Dynasty. His father, Xiao Shunzhi, was the younger brother of Emperor Gao of Qi, and he was named the marquis of Linxiang County, and the official was Danyang Yin, and his mother was Zhang Shangrou. He used to be an official in Nanqi. In the second year of the revival of the Southern Qi Dynasty (502), Qi and the Emperor were forced to "meditate" in Xiaoyan and Nanliang. Xiao Yan reigned for 48 years, ranking first among the emperors in the Southern Dynasties. Tao Hongjing, who was appointed in the early stage, made great achievements during his reign. In his later years, the "Hou Jing Rebellion" broke out, and the capital fell and was imprisoned by Hou Jing. At the age of 86, he died in Taicheng and was buried in spiritual practice. He was Emperor Wu of posthumous title, whose temple number was Gaozu.