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Liáo short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)
契丹 dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
辽金 Liáo Jīn Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
契丹国志 dān Guó zhì History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
耶律大石 shí Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
耶律楚材 Chǔ cái Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
西辽 Liáo Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218


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