Liúqiú
Liuqiu or Lewchew is a Chinese place-name variously denoting: * Liuqiu (medieval), a realm variously identified with the main island of Taiwan, the Penghu Islands (Taiwan), and the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) * Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago southwest of the Japanese Home Islands (politically part of Japan) * Liuqiu Island or Little Liuqiu, an island southwest of the main island of Taiwan (politically part of Taiwan) See also *Ryukyu Kingdom The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of Ming dynasty, imperial Ming China by the King of Ryukyu, Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island t ...

Liuqiu Island
Liuqiu ( zh, t=琉球嶼; also known by other names) is a coral island in the Taiwan Strait about southwest of the main island of Taiwan. It has an area of and approximately 12,200 residents, the vast majority of whom share only 10 surnames. It is administered as a township of Pingtung County in Taiwan Province, Republic of China. the township's chief is Chen Lung-chin. Names ''Liúqiú'' is the pinyin romanisation of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese name . Other romanisations include Liouciou, Liuchiu, Liu-chiu, and Liu-ch'iu based on the Wade-Giles system for Mandarin and Ryūkyū from its Japanese pronunciation. The original Liuqiu appears in the Book of Sui and other medieval Chinese records as an island kingdom somewhere in the East China Sea. It was written by different authors with different homophonous characters and appears to have transcribed a native name. That kingdom has been variously identified with states on Taiwan Island, Okinawa, and th ...
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Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and Amami Islands, Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō Islands, Daitō, Miyako Islands, Miyako, Yaeyama Islands, Yaeyama, Senkaku Islands, Senkaku, Okinawa Islands, Okinawa, Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako Islands, Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), and Yonaguni as the westernmost). The larger ones are mostly volcanic islands and the smaller mostly coral island, coral. The largest is Okinawa Island. The climate of the islands ranges from humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') in the north to tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af'') in the south. Precipitation is very high and is affected by the rainy season and typhoons. Except the outlying Daitō Islands, the island chain ha ...
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Liuqiu (medieval)
Liuqiu or Lewchew was a realm said to have existed in the East China Sea. During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was referred to as Liukiu in English; and, Lieou-kieou in French. Referenced in various historical Chinese texts such as the '' Book of Sui'', it is variously identified with Taiwan Island, the Penghu Islands (Pescadore Islands), and the Ryukyu Islands. Book of Sui A detailed description of an island kingdom called "Liuqiu" may be found in the '' Book of Sui''. Chinese ''Liuqiu'' was first attested in the '' Book of Sui'' (636), which stated that Sui China had sent expeditions to what it called ''Liuqiu'' (流求) three times in 607 and 608. The ''Book of Sui'' places the report on Liuqiu second to last within the chapter on "Eastern Barbarians" ( Dongyi), following the report on Mohe and preceding the report on Wa (Japan). The text describes the territory of Liuqiu and its people as follows: :"The country of Liuqiu is situated amidst islands in the sea, in a locati ...
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