Liang may refer to:
Chinese history
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Liang (state) (梁) (8th century BC – 641 BC), a Spring and Autumn period state
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Wei (state) (403–225 BC), a Warring States period state, also known as Liang (梁) after moving its capital to Daliang
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Kaifeng, a city formerly known as Daliang (大梁)
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Liang (realm)
Liang () was a traditional Chinese fief centered on present-day Kaifeng. It was held by various powers over the course of Chinese history. It generally comprised modern Henan with a small part of Shanxi.
Ancient China
Liang (sometimes as , ''Li ...
(梁), a fief held by various princes under imperial China
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Liang (Han dynasty kingdom) (梁), a kingdom/principality in the Han dynasty
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Liang Province
Liang Province or Liangzhou () was a province in the northwest of ancient China, in the approximate location of the modern-day province of Gansu. It was bordered in the east by Sili Province.
History
Establishment
The province was first con ...
(涼州), an administrative division in ancient China covering present-day Gansu, Ningxia, and parts of Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia
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Former Liang (涼) (320–376), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (386–403), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
The Southern Liang (; 397–404, 408–414) was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese historiography. Members of the ruling Tufa clan were of Xianbei ethnicity and distant relatives of the Tuoba imperial house ...
(涼) (397–414), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Northern Liang
The Northern Liang (; 397–439) was a dynastic state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China. It was ruled by the Juqu family of Lushuihu origin (a branch of the Xiongnu). Although Duan Ye of Han ethnicity was initially enthroned as the Northern Liang ...
(涼) (397–439), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (400–421), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Liang dynasty (梁) (502–557), a state during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, also known as Southern Liang
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Western Liang (555–587), a puppet state during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
* Liang (梁) (617–621), a state founded by
Xiao Xian at the end of the Sui dynasty
* Liang (梁) (617–628), a state founded by
Liang Shidu at the end of the Sui dynasty
* Liang (涼) (618–619), a state founded by
Li Gui
The Li ''gui'' () is an ancient Chinese bronze sacrificial ''gui'' vessel cast by an early Zhou dynasty official.
Description
It is one of the earliest Zhou bronze vessel to be discovered,Shaughnessy (1989), p 51 the earliest record of met ...
at the end of the Sui dynasty
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Later Liang (Five Dynasties) (梁) (907–923), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Other uses
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Mukim Liang, a mukim of Brunei
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Liang (surname) (梁), a Chinese surname
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Tael (Chinese: ), a traditional East Asian unit of weight
* Liang, a barangay in
Malolos,
Philippines
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Liang Island
Liang Island (Larne Island, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) (; Foochow Romanized: Liông-dō̤, originally , Lang Tao ) is an island located in the East China Sea in Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands ...
, Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Taiwan (Republic of China)
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