Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)

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Later Liang (後涼) 酒泉 (387–389), 三河 (389–396), 涼 (396–403)
386–403
Later Liang in the northwest
Capital	Guzang
Government	Monarchy
Tian Wang
• 386–400	Lü Guang
• 400	Lü Shao
• 401–403	Lü Zuan
• 403–406	Lü Long
History
• Established	386
• Lü Guang's claiming of imperial title	396
• Southern Liang's and Northern Liang's independence	397
• Disestablished	403
• Lü Long's death	416
Preceded by Succeeded by Former Qin Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) Northern Liang Later Qin
Today part of	China Kyrgyzstan

The Later Liang (simplified Chinese: 后凉; traditional Chinese: 後凉; pinyin: Hòu Liáng; 386–403) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history.^[1] It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity.

All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly King" (Tian Wang).