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 and given the prefix of "Later" in historiography to distinguish it with the Former Liang dynasty before them and the three Liang states (Southern, Northern and Western) that emerged during their collapse.

All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly King" (Tian Wang). The state's founder, Lü Guang initially took on lesser titles before declaring himself Heavenly King of Liang in 396, and so the state was only known as "Liang" (涼) from 396 to 403. The Later Liang at its peak controlled the Hexi Corridor in Gansu with Guzang (姑臧, in modern Wuwei, Gansu) as their capital. After the Southern Liang and Northern Liang broke away in 397, their territory was gradually reduced to their capital region in central Gansu.