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Hou Jing Rebellion

Type Event Region China Time 548–552

From 548 to 552 CE, the former Eastern Wei general Hou Jing rebelled against Liang, besieging the Jiankang palace city;…

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  1. 548Shouchun · AnhuiHou Jing was originally an Eastern Wei general who later surrendered to Liang and garrisoned Shouchun. Due to court suspicions and deteriorating relations with Eastern Wei, Hou Jing rose in rebellion in 548 CE, marching south from Shouchun into the Liang heartland.
  2. 548–549Taicheng · JiangsuHou Jing's forces besieged the Taicheng palace city in Jiankang for over a hundred days; with food exhausted, Emperor Wu of Liang (Xiao Yan) starved to death. After entering the city, Hou Jing deposed and installed emperors and usurped power, plunging Jiankang and Jiangnan into prolonged warfare and massacre.
  3. 549–552Jiangnan · JiangnanThe Hou Jing Rebellion swept Jiangnan, with population plummeting and cities ruined. In 552 CE, a coalition under Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian counterattacked; Hou Jing fled in defeat and was later killed by his own generals. Liang central authority collapsed and regional warlordism took hold.

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