Author: Dominik Declercq
Abstract: The Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439) saw Northern China become a multiethnic mosaic of states and statelets, one of which was Western Liang (400-422) in modern Gansu province at the edge of the Silk Roads. Its founder Li Hao 李暠 was a Han settler on soil only recently annexed to the Empire. Here, immigrants ruled semi-nomadic locals, while elsewhere, non-Chinese ruling houses dealt with local Chinese elites. Their interaction, here seen close up in the life and times of Li Hao, had a lasting formative influence on Chinese culture and society for centuries to come.See Less
Publication Year: 2025
Table of Contents:
1 Introduction
2 The Hexi Corridor
3 The Colonisation of Liangzhou, 100 BCE to 300 CE
4 Former Liang (320–376): Li Hao’s Forebears under the Former Liang
5 Former Qin (351–384) and Later Liang (385–403)
6 Linked Destinies: Li Hao and Juqu Mengxun
7 Building a State, Part 1: Li Hao’s Western Liang
8 Building a State, Part 2: Juqu Mengxun’s Northern Liang
9 Relations with Eastern Jin
10 Li Hao Moves to Jiuquan
11 Li Hao’s Last Years
12 The Sequel: Li Hao’s Son Loses Western Liang
13 The Aftermath, and Conclusions
Appendix 1: Commandant Protectors of the Qiang
Appendix 2: Prefects of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang
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