Chen dynasty

The Chen Dynasty (Chinese陈朝, Pinyin Chenchao; 557-589 ) was the fourth and last of the Southern dynasties in China, it was wiped out by the Sui Dynasty. This dynasty had little chance of survival. The devastation of the last years of the Liang dynasty paralyzed difficult the Chen Dynasty. The last year of the Chen emperor, Houzhu, was described in these ' drunken, dissolute, the Great Deity of Heaven and his ancestors neglecting he gave himself the superstition back and surrounded himself with nichtswürdigem rabble '. The Sui distributed pamphlets on his mistakes, which resulted in the population to revolt. With two of his concubines he tried to hide in a fountain, but was found. However, Yang Jian spared his life, to keep united the kingdom.

Ruler of the Chen Dynasty ( 557-589 )

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