Ep. 23 | The Southern and Northern Kingdoms

The China History Podcast
Written By Laszlo Montgomery

The Southern & Northern Dynasties were a collection of dynasties that lasted 170 years and preceded the time of unification under the Sui Dynasty. North of the Yangzi River you had the Northern Wei, the Northern Qi, and the Northern Zhou. South of the great river reigned the Liu Song, Southern Qi, the Liang, and finally the Chen.

Although there was disunity in China and plenty of warring going on to make things miserable for most, it was still a very critical and formative time in China with mass migrations of Han Chinese from the north to the south. It was also a time when Buddhism triumphed in China.

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