Liang (state)
Liang () was one of the State (Ancient China), states during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, bordering the State of Qin, which collapsed due to internal strife and was later annexed by Duke Mu of Qin in 641 BCE. The rulers of Lian ...
(梁) (8th century BC – 641 BC), a Spring and Autumn period state
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Wei (state)
Wei (; ) 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 Qi and included ...
(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 ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...
, 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 , ''Liá ...
(梁), a fief held by various princes under imperial China
* 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 c ...
(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 (; 301–376) was a dynastic state, and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, in Chinese history. It was founded by Zhang Shi of the Han Chinese Zhang family. Its territories included present-day Gansu and parts of Ningxia, Shaanxi, Qing ...
(涼) (320–376), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
The Later Liang (; 386–403) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history. It was founded by the Lü family of the Di ethnicity and given the prefix of "Later" in historiography to distinguish it with th ...
(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 Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic state of China and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history. It was ruled by the Juqu (沮渠) family of Lushuihu ethnicity, though they are sometimes categorized ...
(涼) (397–439), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Liang, known in historiography as the Western Liang (; 400– 421), was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms. The Western Liang was founded by the Li family of Han descent. The founder of the Tang dynasty, Li Yuan ...
(涼) (400–421), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
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Liang dynasty
The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () or Xiao 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 pre ...
(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 Wester ...
, 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 Liang dynasty, who rose against the rule of the Sui dynasty toward the end of the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui. He tried to revive Liang, and for several year ...
at the end of the Sui dynasty
* Liang (梁) (617–628), a state founded by
Liang Shidu
Liang Shidu (梁師都) (died 3 Jun 628Emperor Taizong's biography in ''Old Book of Tang'' indicate that Liang was killed on the ''bingshen'' day of the 4th month of the 2nd year of the ''Zhenguan'' era of Emperor Taizong's reign; this correspon ...
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)
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 founde ...
(梁) (907–923), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
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Liang Bua
Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The cave demonstrated archaeological and paleontological potential in the 1950s and 1960s as descr ...
, a cave and archaeological site in Indonesia
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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-ea ...
, an administrative division of Belait District, Brunei
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Liang (surname)
Liang () 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 Hakka pronunciation, Neo / ...
(梁), a Chinese surname
* Liang (连), a Chinese surname
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Liang (mass)
Liang ( zh, s=两 , t=兩 , p=liǎng), or ''leung'' in Cantonese, also called "Chinese ounce" or "tael", is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement. It originated in China before being introduced to neighboring countries in East and ...
Malolos
Malolos , officially the City of Malolos (), is a 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 of the province of Bulacan as the ...
, Philippines
* Liang Island, Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Taiwan (Republic of China)
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