中英雙語話歷史 第54期:南北朝(南朝)

The Liu Song, the Southern Qi, the Xiao Liang and the Chen existed in the south successively. All emperors made Jiankang (now Nanjing in Jiangsu) their capital, except Emperor Yuan of Liang who made Jiangling his capital for three years.

在南方，雖然先後有劉宋、南齊、蕭樑和陳四個政權的更迭，但這中間除梁元帝以江陵作都3年外，其餘的時間，南方各朝的京城始終建在建康 (今江蘇南京）。

Of these regimes, the Liu Song (420 ~479) was the largest, strongest, and the most long-lived one, ruled by eight emperors of four generations.

劉宋(420 ~ 479)是其中疆域最大、最強、統治年代最長的一個政權，歷4代8帝，共59年。

Lasting for only 23 years from 479 to 502, the Southern Qi had seven emperors of three generations because of frequent wars.

南齊（479 ~ 502)國最短暫，只有23年,但由於爭殺頻繁，經歷3代7帝，平均3年一帝,是中國歷史上帝王更換極快的一朝。

The Xiao Liang extended from 502 to 557, ruled by four emperors of three generations, among whom Emperor Wu (Xiao Yan) enjoyed the longest reign for nearly fifty years.

樑代（502 ~557)歷3代4帝，其中武帝蕭衍個人享國時間最久，將近半個世紀。

The Chen lasted 33 years from 557 to 589, with five emperors of three generations.

陳（557 ~ 589)共33年，歷三代五帝。

It, after the Liang, was a small and weak regime with a scare population. Besides, the rulers of Chen were quite corrupted. Finally, the Chen was conquered by the Sui Dynasty.

陳承衰樑之弊，是版圖狹窄、人口孤弱、力量單薄的王朝，加之統治者又極度腐敗，最終喪亡於隋朝之手。