中英雙語話歷史 第56期:南北朝(南齊)
Spanned only 23 years, Qi was the shortest kingdom among the four others existed in the Southern Dynasties and the first king, Xiao Daocheng was later known as Emperor of Gao.
Not taking the same track of Liu Song, Xiao Daocheng cautiously ruled with mercy and advocated thrift in his four-year reign. Upon his death bed, Gao Di urged his son, Wu Di to follow his suit and avoid fighting and killing each other within the royal family.
他在位共四年，臨死前，要求其子武帝繼續其統治方針，不要手足相殘。Taking his father warning, Wu Di ruled consistently, thus gained a relatively stable period in the south.
武帝遵其遺囑，繼續統治國家，使南朝又出現了一段相對穩定發展的階段。
Although there was no war with Wei in the northern front, the government of Southern Qi was repleted with corrupted officials, cruel bureaucracy and the situation in the remote areas was even graver.
齊武帝時，與北魏通好，邊境比較安定，江南經濟有一定的發展。但南齊內政腐敗，官吏貪婪殘暴，邊遠各州尤甚。For example，the governor Cui Qingxu in Liang city gathered 10 million silver； Xiao Yi 30 million in Jing Zhou and Cao Hu 50 million in Yong Zhou.
崔慶緒在梁州搜刮1000萬，蕭嶷在荊州搜刮3 000萬，曹虎便在雍州搜刮5000萬。The rules were： subjects were exploited by their governor who in his turn was grabbed by Emperor.
官吏掠奪百姓，皇帝勒索官吏。Cao Hu was the example in case in which he was put to death and his money was taken by Emperor Xiao Baojuan.
皇帝蕭寶卷見曹虎錢多，就把他殺掉,財產歸爲己有。After the death of Wu Di, Qi was on the same route of Liu Song in that the royal families murdered each other. When it came to Dong Hunhou，he almost put the entire ministers in court to death out of his suspicion, hence brought turmoil to Qi.
武帝死後，齊國的皇帝又走上了宋滅亡的老路，他們紛紛殺戮自己的兄親、叔侄，至東昏侯時，因其疑心過重，幾乎將朝內大臣全部處死，這樣一來齊國的江山又被動搖了。In 501, Xiao Yan, half-brother of Xiao Daocheng took the advantages of this disturbance, led an uprising in Xiangyang (now Xiangfan City, Hubei), seized the capital Jiankang and named his dynasty Liang.
公元501年，蕭道成的族弟蕭衍在襄陽起兵，攻進建康，結束了齊的統治，並稱帝，建立樑朝。
