Liang may refer to:
Chinese history
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Liang (state)
Liang () was one of the states during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, bordering the State of Qin and was conquered by Duke Mu of Qin in 641 BCE. The rulers of Liang had the surname Ying (嬴).Yang Bojun, " Zuo Zhuan 17th Year o ...
(梁) (8th century BC – 641 BC), a Spring and Autumn period state
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Wei (state)
Wei (; ; Old Chinese: *') was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and ...
(403–225 BC), a Warring States period state, also known as Liang (梁) after moving its capital to Daliang
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Kaifeng
Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the No ...
, 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)
Liang (梁國) was a kingdom/principality in Han dynasty. Its territories was located within the modern Henan, Anhui and Shandong provinces.
History
Shortly before the establishment of the Han dynasty, the Qin-era Dang Commandery (碭郡) was gr ...
(梁), a kingdom/principality in the Han dynasty
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Liang Province (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
The Former Liang (; 320–376) was a dynastic state, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, in Chinese history. It was founded by the Zhang family of the Han ethnicity. Its territories included present-day Gansu and parts of Ningxia, Shaanxi, Qinghai and ...
(涼) (320–376), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
The Later Liang (; 386–403) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (266–420) in China. It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity.
All rulers of the Later Liang proclaimed themselves "Heavenly Prince" (''Tian ...
(涼) (386–403), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (397–414), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Northern Liang (涼) (397–439), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
The Western Liang (; 400–421) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China, one of the "Five Liang" (''Wu Liang'') of this era. Western Liang was founded by the Li family of the Han Chinese. The founder of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan ( Emperor G ...
(涼) (400–421), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Liang dynasty
The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the South ...
(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)
Liang, known in historiography as the Western Liang () or the Later Liang (), was an imperial dynasty of China during the Northern and Southern dynasties era of Chinese history. Throughout its existence, it remained a puppet state of the Weste ...
, a puppet state during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
* Liang (梁) (617–621), a state founded by
Xiao Xian
Xiao Xian (蕭銑) (583–621) was a descendant of the imperial house of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty, who rose against the rule of Sui Dynasty toward the end of the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui. He tried to revive Liang, and for several y ...
at the end of the Sui dynasty
* Liang (梁) (617–628), a state founded by
Liang Shidu
Liang Shidu (梁師都) (died June 3, 628) was an agrarian leader who rebelled against the rule of the Chinese dynasty Sui Dynasty near the end of the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui. He, claiming the title of Emperor of Liang with the aid from E ...
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)
Liang, known in historiography as the Later Liang () (1 June 907 – 19 November 923) or the Zhu Liang (), was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was founded ...
(梁) (907–923), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Other uses
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Mukim Liang
Mukim Liang is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 14,301 in 2016.
Geography
The mukim is located in the north of the district, bordering the South China Sea to the north, Mukim Telisai in Tutong District to the north-east ...
, a mukim of Brunei
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Liang (surname)
Liang (Romanization used in China, ) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and ...
(梁), a Chinese surname
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(Chinese: ), a traditional East Asian unit of weight
* Liang, a barangay in
Malolos
Malolos, officially the City of Malolos ( fil, Lungsod ng Malolos), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people.
It is the capital city ...
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
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Liang Island, Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Taiwan (Republic of China)
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