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Definition of Liao dynasty
1. Noun. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liao Dynasty
Literary usage of Liao dynasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert Allen Giles (1898)
"He followed Yeh-lu Yen-hsi after the collapse of the Liao dynasty, but fearing
for his life at ... In 937 he proclaimed himself Emperor of the Liao dynasty. ..."
2. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1876)
"Tushi seems to be the correct reading, for it is nearer to Tashi, which as we
have seen was the name of the founder of the Si Liao dynasty, according to the ..."
3. The Manchus, Or The Reigning Dynasty of China: Their Rise and Progress by John Ross (1891)
"The "Holy Wars" state that the Liao dynasty sprang in ... Yet it is not impossible
that the Solon people arc descendants of the Liao dynasty, ..."
4. History of Corea, Ancient and Modern: With Description of Manners and by John Ross (1891)
"The Kitan, or Liao dynasty, never conquered the regions east of the ... they found
it necessary to acknowledge the supremacy of the Liao dynasty. ..."
5. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"By the combination of the Sung and the Kin, the Liao dynasty was driven from the
throne out of Northern China, and the Kin substituted for it. ..."
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