 Despite the name, his capital was at Piling (modern Changzhou) and he only ever controlled areas of present-day Zhejiang and Jiangsu before his territory was conquered by the agrarian rebel Li Zitong (under the title Emperor of Wu).The title of prince of Liang () was revived in  690 under the empress dowager Wu Zetian's new Zhou dynasty in order to honor her half-nephew Wu Sansi.He was demoted to a lesser principality after her death in 705 but restored as prince of Liang posthumously two years later.