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
Sixteen Kingdoms 410 AD
Bronze mirror from the Western Liang.
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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.
Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
…Chinese: 西凉; pinyin: Xī Liáng; 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 (Emperor Gaozu), traced his patrilineal ancestry to the Western Liang rulers and traced the…
Portrait from the tomb of General Li Xian (504-569 CE).