Southern Liang, Xianbei kingdom of

The Southern Liang (97-414) is a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.

The founding family Tufa is of Xianbei ethnicity and distant relations of the Tuoba imperial house of Northern Wei.

According to the Jin Shu, the name was changed from Tuoba to Tufa because one of the Tufa ancestors was born on a blanket, and in the Xianbei language, "Tufa" meant "blanket.

"All rulers of the Southern Liang proclaimed themselves "wang".

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