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 of ...
(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 Nort ...
, 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 , '' ...
(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
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
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) (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
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 West ...
, 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
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 Ea ...
at the end of the Sui dynasty
* Liang (涼) (618–619), a state founded by
Li Gui 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)
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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