Liang

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Liang may refer to:

Chinese history

Liang is a word used to mean a fief or name of a state or kingdom.

• Liang (state) (梁) (8th century BC – 641 BC), a Spring and Autumn period state
• Wei (state) (403–225  BC), a Warring States period state, also known as Liang (梁) after moving its capital to Daliang
  • Kaifeng, a city formerly known as Daliang (大梁)
  • Liang (realm) (梁), a fief held by various princes under imperial China
• Liang Province or Liangzhou (涼州), a Han dynasty province conquered in the 120s BCE around the modern-day province of Gansu
• Former Liang (涼) (320–376), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
• Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (386–403), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
• Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (397–414), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
• Northern Liang (涼) (397–439), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
• Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (涼) (400–421), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms
• Liang dynasty (梁) (502–557), a state during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, also known as Southern Liang
  • Western Liang (555–587), 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 at the end of the Sui dynasty
• Liang (涼) (618–619), a state founded by Li Gui at the end of the Sui dynasty
• Later Liang (Five Dynasties) (梁) (907–923), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Liang Province (涼州), an administrative division in ancient China covering present-day Gansu, Ningxia, northeastern Qinghai, southeastern Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia's Alxa League

Other uses

• Liang, Belait, a mukim in Brunei
• Liang (surname) (梁), a Chinese surname
• Tael (Chinese: 兩), a traditional East Asian unit of weight
• Liang, a barangay in Malolos, Philippines