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大成元年正月立魯王衍。為皇太子二月傳位太子。自稱天元皇帝

First year of Dacheng, in the first month Yuwen Yan, Prince of Lu, was made crown prince; in the second month he passed the throne to the crown prince and styled himself Emperor Tianyuan.

靜帝

Emperor Jing

諱衍。後改名闡。宣帝長子。宣帝於鄴宮傳位。改元大象

Personal name Yan, later renamed Chan, eldest son of Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan passed the throne to him at the palace in Ye and he changed the reign title to Daxiang.

大象元年

庚子

Gengzi

十二年

Year 12

二年宣帝崩。復釋道二教。以大丞相楊堅為相國。進爵為王。備九鍚

Year 2, Emperor Xuan died. The Buddhist and Daoist teachings were restored. The Grand Chancellor Yang Jian was made Chief Minister of State, advanced in rank to prince, and given the nine bestowments (the base text writes one character differently).

辛丑

Xinchou

十三年

Year 13

大定元年正月改元。二月遜位於隋

First year of Dading, the reign title was changed in the first month, and in the second month he yielded the throne to Sui.

右後週五主。合二十六年。禪於隋

The five rulers of Later Zhou above reigned twenty-six years in all and abdicated to Sui.

隋

Sui

都長安

Capital at Chang'an

高祖文皇帝

Emperor Wen, the Gaozu

諱堅。姓楊氏。大定元年二月。受禪於周。即位建元開皇

His given name was Jian and his surname Yang. In the second month of the first year of Dading, he received the abdication from Zhou, took the throne and established the reign title Kaihuang.

開皇元年

壬寅

Renyin

十四年正月帝崩

In the first month of the fourteenth year, the emperor died.

二年

Year 2

後主

Last Ruler

諱叔寶。宣帝長子。即位

His given name was Shubao; he was the eldest son of Emperor Xuan and took the throne.

癸卯

Guimao

至德元年

三年

Year 3

甲辰

Jiachen

二年

Year 2

四年

Year 4

乙巳

Yisi

三年

Year 3

五年後梁蕭琮立

Year 5; Xiao Cong of the Later Liang succeeded to the throne.

丙午

Bingwu

四年

Year 4

六年後梁改元廣運

Year 6; the Later Liang changed its reign title to Guangyun.

丁未

Dingwei

禎明元年

七年後梁三主。合三十三年。是歲隋廢之

Year 7. The three rulers of the Later Liang, thirty-three years in all, were deposed by Sui in this year.

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