– 4 1 7 ), ▁cour tes y ▁name ▁X u ans h eng ▁( <0xE7> <0x8E> <0x84> <0xE7> <0x9B> <0x9B> ), ▁nick name ▁Ch ang sh eng ▁( 長 生 ), ▁formally ▁Prince ▁W uz ha o ▁of ▁( West ern ) ▁Li ang ▁(( 西 ) <0xE6> <0xB6> <0xBC> 武 昭 王 ), ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁du ke ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁state ▁Western ▁Li ang . ▁ ▁( Wh ile ▁he ▁claimed ▁only ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁du ke ▁during ▁his ▁reign , ▁he ▁was ▁post hum oust ly ▁hon ored ▁with ▁the ▁pr inc ely ▁title .) ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁initially ▁a ▁Northern ▁Li ang ▁official , ▁but ▁in ▁ 4 0 0 , ▁he ▁se ced ed ▁from ▁Northern ▁Li ang ' s ▁prince ▁Du an ▁Ye ' s ▁rule ▁and ▁established ▁his ▁own ▁independent ▁state . ▁ ▁His ▁state ▁only ▁last ed ▁for ▁ 2 1 ▁years , ▁but ▁his ▁descend ants ▁would ▁remain ▁key ▁officials ▁and ▁nobles ▁throughout ▁Northern ▁Wei , ▁Western ▁Wei , ▁Northern ▁Z hou , ▁and ▁S ui ▁dynast y , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁them , ▁Li ▁Y uan , ▁would ▁found ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y ▁in ▁ 6 1 8 . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y , ▁he ▁was ▁post hum ously ▁hon ored ▁as ▁Emperor ▁X ing sh eng ▁( <0xE8> <0x88> <0x88> 聖 皇 帝 ). ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁Western ▁Li ang ' s ▁establishment ▁ ▁Li ▁G ao ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 3 5 1