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Chen Dynasty 陳朝 (557-589) was the fourth and the last of Southern dynasties in China, eliminated by the Sui Dynasty. This dynasty had very little changes of survival. The devestation of the last years of the Liang Dynasty severely crippled the Chen Dynasty. The lastof the Emperors, Hou Zhou, has been described as 'drunk, dissolute,
neglectful of the Great Spirits of Heaven and His Ancestors, addicted to foolish superstition and surrounded by worthless companions.' The Sui distributed pamphlets on his faults causing the population to revolt. He tried to hide with two concubines in a well but was found. Yang Jian spared him however to keep the empire unified.

NS_Dynasties

<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<caption>Sovereigns of Chen Dynasty (557-589)</caption>

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<th style="background:#efefef;">Posthumous Name</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Chinese family name|Family name and Chinese name|given names</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Period of Reigns</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Chinese era name|Era names and their according range of years</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="4" align="center">Convention: Chen + posthumous name</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Emperor Wu of Chen China|Wu Di 武帝 wu3 di4</td>
<td>Chen Ba Xian|陳霸先 chen2 ba4 xian1</td>
<td>557-559</td>
<td>Yongding (永定 yong3 ding4) 557-559<br>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Empero Wen of Chen China|Wen Di 文帝 wen2 di4</td>
<td>Chen Qian|陳蒨 chen2 qian4</td>
<td>560-566</td>
<td>Tianjia (天嘉 tian1 jia1) 560-566<br>
Tiankang (天康 tian1 kang1) 566<br>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Emperor Fei of Chen China|Fei Di 廢帝 fei4 di4</td>
<td>Chen Bo Zong|陳伯宗 chen2 bo2 zong1</td>
<td>567-568</td>
<td>Guangda (光大 guang1 da4) 567-568<br>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Emperor Xuan of Chen China|Xuan Di 宣帝 xuan1 di4</td>
<td>Chen Xu|陳頊 chen2 xu1</td>
<td>569-582</td>
<td>Taijian (太建 tai4 jian4) 569-582<br>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Emperor Houzhu of Chen China|後主 hou4 zhu3</td>
<td>Chen Shu Bao|陳叔寶 chen2 shu2 bao3</td>
<td>583-589</td>
<td>Zhide (至德 zhi4 de2) 583-586<br>
Zhenming (禎明 zhen1 ming2) 587-589<br>
</td>
</tr>

</table>

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Last Modified:   2005-04-13