Decline continued during the Chen Dynasty - the last of the six dynasties in the South. A strengthened and unified North took control with little trouble. The demise was hastened by one of the first uses of printed propaganda, the Northern leader distributed 300,000 leaflets decrying the weaknesses of Hou Zhu and thereby convinced many that Heaven no longer backed the dynasty.
| Wudi | 557-559 |
| Wendi | 560-566 |
| Lin Hai Wang | 567-568 |
| Xuandi | 569-582 |
| Hou Zhu | 583-589 |
Brown glazed pilgrim-flask decorated with dancer and musicians
Decorated on both sides with an identical moulded design representing a dancer on a lotus pedestral in the centre,
accompanied by four musicians - one playing pipa and another playing cymbals on the left,
and one playing flute and another clapping hands on the right.
(AD 550-577)
Height 20cms
Unearthed in 1971 at Anyang, Henan
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