478 BC: The Final Year of the Liu Song Dynasty

534 CE: Northern Wei Splits into Eastern and Western Wei

537 CE: Western Wei & Rouran Seize Louyang

538 CE: Gen. Hou Jing Retakes Louyang for Eastern Wei

541-543 CE: The Ly Bon Rebellion & Van Xuan Independence:

544 CE: General Chen Baxian’s Expedition

547: Hou Jing’s Secession

547: Imperial Reaction to Hou Jing’s Secession

Spring 548: Hou Jing Flees Eastern Wei, Seizes Shouyang City

Summer 548: The Hou Jing Rebellion

Spring 549: Hou Jing Takes Nanjing, Liang Princes Factionalize

Summer 549: Hou Jing Strikes Southeast, Prince Xiao Yi Attacks Changsha and Xiangyang

Spring 550: Xiangyang Submits to Western Wei, Xiao Yi Defeats Hou Jing on Battlefield; Eastern Wei Supplanted by Northern Qi

Winter 550: Liang and Western Wei Reach Peace Agreement, Liang Cedes Jing Province and All Territory North of Han River

Autumn 551: Hou Jing Declares Himself Emperor of New Han Dynasty

Spring 552: Xiao Yi Defeats Hou’s Army, Captures Nanjing; Hou Jing Flees by Ship, is Mutinied and Killed

Winter 552: Xiao Yi Proclaims Himself Emperor Yuan of Liang, is Enthroned at Jiangling City

Spring 553: Prince Xiao Ji Proclaims Himself Liang Emperor; Yuan and Western Wei Ally to Attack Chengdu

Summer 553: Chengdu Beseiged, Xiao Ji Cut Off, The Assassinated on Board His Ship

Late 553: Western Wei Annexes Western Liang; Emperor Yuan Demands Territories Returned, Is Laughed At

Spring 554: Western Wei Launched Lightning Strike on Liang Capital, Captures and Executes Emperor Yuan

Summer 554: Xiao Cha Declared Emperor of Liang by Western Wei, Remainder of Liang Proclaims Their Own Emperor and Returns Capital to Nanjing

Spring 557: Warlord Yuwen Jue Overthrows Tuoba Emperor, Establishes Northern Zhou; Is Promptly Killed By Own Brother

558 CE: Liang Dynasty Overthrown, Chen Dynasty Established in its Place; War with Van Xuan Temporarily Halted