Editing Northern and Southern dynasties (section)

===Southern Qi (479–502)===
{{Main|Southern Qi}}
[[File:Southern Dynasties Brick Relief 19.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Brick relief from the [[:Commons:Category:Dengxian tomb|Dengxian tomb]], [[Dengxian]], [[Henan]]. Southern Dynasties, circa 500 CE.<ref>"Late 5th to early 6th century" in {{cite book |last1=Valenstein |first1=Suzanne G. |title=Cultural Convergence in the Northern Qi Period: A Flamboyant Chinese Ceramic Container : a Research Monograph |date=2007 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-211-4 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3OY4ohjy-pMC&pg=PA42 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Juliano |first1=Annette L. |title=Teng-Hsien: An Important Six Dynasties Tomb |journal=Artibus Asiae. Supplementum |date=1980 |volume=37 |pages=III–83 |doi=10.2307/1522695 |jstor=1522695 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1522695.pdf |issn=1423-0526}}</ref>]]
Though distantly related, the Southern Qi and the following Liang dynasty were members of the Xiao ({{zhi|c=蕭}}) family from Lanling ({{zhi|c=蘭陵}}, in modern [[Cangshan County]], [[Shandong]]). Because Emperor Gao had a low social standing, he earned the disdain of nobility. His style of governance was similar to the early style of the Liu Song dynasty and was very economical. He died in the fourth year of his reign and his heir, who was only 13 years younger than him, succeeded him as [[Emperor Wu of Southern Qi]]. Emperor Wu made peace with the Northern Wei, content to protect his borders. This period of peace was known as [[Reign of Yongming|Yongming Administration]]. He also used government secretaries  appointed with provincial governors and members of the imperial clan to monitor them. <!--need to check the translation on those secretaries better-->

The short reigns of Emperor Wu's grandsons, [[Xiao Zhaoye]] and [[Xiao Zhaowen]] (his first son predeceased him), were dominated by Xiao Luan, Emperor's Wu's first cousin. He killed them in turn and crowned himself as [[Emperor Ming of Southern Qi]]. Using the government secretaries, he slaughtered all the sons of Emperors Gao and Wu. Emperor Ming soon became very ill and started following Daoism, changing his whole wardrobe to red. He also passed an edict making officials try to find whitebait (銀魚). He died in 498 and was succeeded by his son [[Xiao Baojuan]], who killed high officials and governors at whim, sparking many revolts. The final revolt in 501 started after Xiao Baojuan killed his prime minister Xiao Yi, leading his brother [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Xiao Yan]] to revolt under the banner of Xiao Baojuan's brother who was declared [[Emperor He of Southern Qi]]. Xiao Baojuan was killed by one of his generals during the siege of his capital at Jiankang, and after a short puppet reign by Emperor He, Xiao Yan overthrew the Southern Qi and established the Liang dynasty.