Qi


 * Xiao Daocheng, a man with family connections back to Han times was a Buddhist and set up the short lived Qi Dynasty ending in the siege of Nanjing and the death of 80,000 people.
 * The sad pattern of imperial slaughter of near relatives to try to limit rival claimants to the throne continued unabated.
 * Emperors Gaodi 479-482/ Wudi 483-493/ Mingdi 494-498/ Dong Hunhoi 499-500/ Hedi 501
 * The Qin, were not the most culturally advanced of the Warring States