Emperor Wu of Liang

Liang Wu Di (Chinese梁武帝, Pinyin Liang Wǔ Dì, actually萧衍Chinese, Pinyin Xiao Yǎn, * 464, † 549 ) was 502-549 Emperor of the Liang Dynasty in China, the most important patron of Buddhism in China. In the literature of Zen, he is known through dialogue with Bodhidharma, as it is described in the first example of Biyan Lu. ( " Open Width - none of holy! " )

The Emperor moved almost immediately after his accession Buddhism toward Confucianism and Daoism in front, which he described as " erroneous, outer teachings", but kept it in the public interest. He issued a ban on animal sacrifice and spoke out against the death penalty. He also wrote his own comments to Buddhist scriptures and taught religious events with nearly 50 000 people from. He was well-read and was also active as a poet. Good officers shunned him and went to his rival.

Significantly, he was also through the establishment of universities and the expansion of the qualification system for civil servants. For the sons of the Chinese nobility he made the study of the works of Confucius binding. The nobility competed at that time in the cultivation of the fine arts, so this time is regarded as a golden age of aristocratic culture.

In the period of his reign fall intensified attacks by the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Tuoba and civil unrest in his own kingdom: 548 rose the general Hou Jing, and besieged the capital, which fell in the summer of 549. The emperor died at 85 years from the effects of the siege and they let him starve. He was succeeded by Liang Jianwen Tue

• Kaiser ( China)
• Liang Dynasty
• Born 464
• Died 549
• Man