Liang Long or Lương Long (died 181) was the leader of a civil revolution in

Jiaozhi Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: ''Jiāozhǐ''), or Giao Chỉ (Vietnamese), was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Co ...

province (modern-day

Northern Vietnam Northern Vietnam ( vi, Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions within Vietnam. It consists of three administrative regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng S ...

and

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

) against the Chinese

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

rule during the late 2nd century AD. Liang Long originally was a chief of the Wuhu people ( Nùng,

Tày people The Tày people, also known as the Thô, T'o, Tai Tho, Ngan, Phen, Thu Lao, or Pa Di, are a Central Tai languages, Tai-speaking ethnic group who live in northern Vietnam. According to a 2009 census, there are 1.7 million Tày people living in Vi ...

) and was appointed as an official. According to the ''

Book of Later Han The ''Book of the Later Han'', also known as the ''History of the Later Han'' and by its Chinese name ''Hou Hanshu'' (), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Later ...

'', the Wuhu people lived in the area of Hepu and somewhere between Jiaozhou and

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

. In 178, Liang Long started rebelling against the regional Han government. From

Hepu Hepu (), alternately romanized as Hoppo, Hopu or Hop'u, is a county under the administration of Beihai City in southeastern Guangxi, China. It borders Lianjiang (Guangdong) to the southeast, Bobai County to the northeast, the Gulf of Tonkin to t ...

, the revolt spread to the

commandery, and then attracted all of the aboriginal populace in

Jiuzhen Jiuzhen (Vietnamese: Cửu Chân, Chinese: 九真) was a Chinese commandery within Jiaozhou. It is located in present-day Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam. Michel Ferlus (2012) and Frédéric Pain (2020) propose that 九真 Old Chinese Old Chin ...

and

Rinan Rinan (; vi, Nhật Nam), also rendered as Jih-nan, was the southernmost commandery of the Chinese Han dynasty. It was located in the central area of modern-day Vietnam between Quảng Bình and Bình Định provinces. It was administered by ...

to join. The rebels destroyed the commandery and county offices. In 181, inspired by Liang Long, ten of thousands of residents of Nanhai (

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

) led by Kong Zhi also revolted, occupying several districts. Liang Long and other rebels threatened Chinese rule across the south. Zhu Jun was appointed as inspector of Jiaozhi and replaced Chou Yung. Zhu was granted 5,000 troops to suppress the rebellion, and marched into Jiaozhi by two routes. He sent spies to districts first to gather information about the rebel forces, propagated to lure the rebels' minds. Then, he mobilized more troops from seven prefectures for the assault. In April 181, Zhu Jun "defeated the rebels, beheaded Liang Long, captured ten thousand men and pacified the rebellion in several weeks."

References

Bibliography

* *

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liang Long Year of birth unknown 181 deaths 2nd-century Chinese people Vietnamese rebels Tai peoples Han dynasty rebels