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posthumously on preceding dynasties. This was typically done for the purpose of strengthening the present rulers' ties to the Mandate themselves. Song dynasty historian
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to abdicate in his favour (and then murdered him). The Later Liang would last until 923 when it was destroyed by the
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Several justifications were given for this, and successive Five Dynasties regimes, to be conferred the
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Generally through Chinese history, it was historians of later kingdoms whose histories bestowed the
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Meanwhile, Zhu Wen declared himself emperor of the new Later Liang in
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The Later Liang maintained a tense relationship with the
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state Jin) remained largely outside Later Liang control.
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For other dynasties called "Liang" or "Later Liang", see
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Conference of the Mandate of Heaven on the Later Liang
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