Six Dynasties

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The Six Dynasties were a succession of short-lived Chinese regimes that ruled parts of southern China between the fall of the Han and the rise of the Sui, a period marked by political fragmentation and significant cultural and literary flourishing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of Chinese history
historical period
alsoKnownAs Liuchao
Six Southern Dynasties
linked to: Six Dynasties
capital Jiankang
characterizedBy courtly aristocratic culture
migration of northern elites to the south
north–south political division
country China
endTime 589
fieldOfWork art
calligraphy
literature
philosophy
religion
followedBy Sui dynasty
follows Han dynasty
governmentForm monarchy
hasNotableFigure Ge Hong
Gu Kaizhi
Tao Yuanming
linked to: Tao Qian

Wang Xizhi
Xie Lingyun
hasPart Chen dynasty
Eastern Jin dynasty
Eastern Wu
Liang dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Southern Qi dynasty
languageUsed Classical Chinese
location southern China
majorCity Jiankang
Jianye
notableFor advances in calligraphy
cultural flourishing
development of Chinese Buddhism
development of landscape poetry
literary flourishing
metaphysical xuanxue philosophy
political fragmentation
overlapsWith Northern and Southern dynasties
Sixteen Kingdoms
partOf Chinese history
precededBy Late Han period
linked to: Han dynasty
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Daoism
linked to: Taoism
startTime 220

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Capital of Six Dynasties relatedTo Six Dynasties
Jinling historicalPeriodUsed Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Jinling associatedWith Six Dynasties culture
linked to: Six Dynasties
East Asian Buddhism historicalPeriodOfSpread Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Chinese Buddhist Canon timePeriod Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Pengcheng flourishedIn Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Northern and Southern dynasties period hasPart Southern dynasties
linked to: Six Dynasties
Eastern Wei historicalPeriod Six Dynasties
Wuping (later) historicalContext Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Chinese art developedDuring Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Liu Song partOfLargerSequence Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Jiankang servedAsCapitalOf Six Dynasties period states
subject linked to: Jiankang City
linked to: Six Dynasties
Jiankang associatedWith Six Dynasties culture
subject linked to: Jiankang City
linked to: Six Dynasties
Jiankang governedBy Southern Dynasties emperors
subject linked to: Jiankang City
linked to: Six Dynasties
Six Dynasties alsoKnownAs Six Southern Dynasties
linked to: Six Dynasties
Qinhuai River associatedWith Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Waidan timePeriod Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Chinese Sanlun school era Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties
Nanjing Museum collectionPeriodCoverage Six Dynasties period
linked to: Six Dynasties