House of Li
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The House of Li, also known as the Li clan of Longxi, was the ruling house of the Western Liang and the Tang dynasty of China.
Portrait from the tomb of General Li Xian (504-569 CE).
Liang, known in historiography as the Western Liang, 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
House of Li
…The House of Li (Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ; Wade–Giles: Li), also known as the Li clan of Longxi (隴西李氏), was the ruling house of the Western Liang and the Tang dynasty of China. The Li family originated in the Longxi Commandery and had Han ethnic origins. They were also known as the Longxi Li…
Sixteen Kingdoms 410 AD
Bronze mirror from the Western Liang.