The History of the Northern and Southern Dynasties That You Can Understand at a Glance
by Huang Zhe
About This Novel
The period from 420 AD to 589 AD was another period of great division in Chinese history after the Three Kingdoms, or it can be said to be its continuation. Although the Three Kingdoms returned to the Jin Dynasty, the unified Western Jin Dynasty only lasted for a short fifty years. Afterwards, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings forced them to move southward. The Eastern Jin Dynasty began, and then developed into the Southern Dynasties, namely the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen Dynasties. These four dynasties, together with the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the previous Dongwu Dynasty, are collectively referred to as the "Six Dynasties" in history. Why is it called that? First, their capitals were all in Jiankang, which is today's Nanjing; second, Xu Song of the Tang Dynasty recorded these six dynasties in the book "Jiankang Shilu", and Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty also used these six dynasties as the orthodox chronicle in "Zizhi Tongjian", so later generations called these six dynasties "Six Dynasties". However, our book only introduces events in the Southern Dynasties, that is, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen. Our book is about this turbulent but vibrant era. Why is there so much turmoil but so much vitality? We will explain it in detail in the text.
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