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Southern Qi: Polity Style: 479-502

29 May 479 Xiāo Dàochéng (蕭道成), holding the title of Qí wáng (齊王), acceded to the throne in Jiankang (within the territory of the modern city of Nanjing) (Book of Southern Qi, ch. 1; History of the Southern Dynasties, ch. 4)
29 May 479 - 20 Apr 502 (齊) | Qi
20 Apr 502 polity collapsed after the last emperor of Southern Qi abdicated the throne in favour of Xiāo Yǎn (蕭衍), holding the title of Liáng wáng (梁王), who acceded as the first emperor of Liang on 30 Apr 502 (Book of Southern Qi, ch. 8; History of the Southern Dynasties, ch. 5)