Lian or Lien the Great () was a figure in

Chinese mythology Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of t ...

. In the ''

Records of the Grand Historian ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese his ...

'', Sima Qian's account of the origins of the

House of Ying This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs during the Warring States period. Warring States period In 771 BC, a coalition of feudal lords and the Western Rong tribes overthrew King You and drove the Zhou out of the Wei valley. During ...

states that he was one of

Fei the Great Yi (Chinese: , ''Yì''; millennium BCE) was a tribal leader of Longshan culture and a culture hero in Chinese mythology who helped Shun and Yu the Great control the Great Flood; he served afterwards as a government minister and a successo ...

's two sons, along with Ruomu. He is said to be the great-great-grandfather of Mengxi and

Zhongyan Zhongyan () was a figure in Shang dynasty of China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs during the Warring States period. Warring States ...

. His descendants ruled the State of Huang.

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