was a general of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. After Emperor Taizong of Liao conquered the Later Jin, Xiao was left in control of the Later Jin's...

Xiao, became the regent. Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song dynasty sought to take advantage of the situation by launching an invasion on the Liao dynasty's...

The Liao dynasty (/ljaʊ/; Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), also known as the Khitan State (Mos diau-d...

imperial China's Liao dynasty. She was regent on behalf of her son from 982. Xiao Yanyan was the 3rd child of Xiao Siwen (蕭思溫), Liao's chancellor. Also...

1070, he restructured the Liao legal system to reflect the differences in Han and Khitan customs. Emperor Daozong's wife, Xiao Guanyin, was said to have...

Conducted at Sea with the Han-led Northern Song dynasty against the Liao dynasty, and began to establish authority over former Liao territory in Outer Mongolia...

Khitan and Han ruling elites. Yelü Xian, who would come to be known as Emperor Jingzong made several important contributions to the Liao dynasty. He employed...

the Alliance Conducted at Sea with the Han-led Northern Song dynasty and agreed to jointly invade the Liao dynasty. While the Song armies faltered, the...

Xiao Han may refer to: Xiao Han (Liao dynasty) (蕭翰; died 949), Liao dynasty general Xiao Han (minister) (肖寒; 1926–2019), Minister of Coal Industry of China...

of legendary Empress Xiao Yanyan. This is the story of Empress Xiao Yanyan, also known as Xiao Chuo from the Liao dynasty. Xiao Yanyan is the third daughter...

minister of the Liao dynasty during the reign of Empress Xiao Chuo. He was a native of Hebei Yutian (祖籍河北玉田) and born into the Shihou family. Han Derang was...

known as the Western Liao (Chinese: 西遼; pinyin: Xī Liáo), officially the Great Liao (Chinese: 大遼; pinyin: Dà Liáo), was a dynastic regime based in Central...

Han, known as the Later Han (simplified Chinese: 后汉; traditional Chinese: 後漢; pinyin: Hòu Hàn) in historiography, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of...

second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. Yelü Deguang was born in 902, before the founding of the Liao dynasty. His father was the Yelü clan...

Northern Han dynasty, who remained under the protection of the Liao dynasty were able to maintain their independence. The Later Zhou dynasty attacked Liao positions...

Throughout the Liao dynasty, many empresses were surnamed "Xiao" (see list). After the demise of the Manchu Qing dynasty, many Manchus adopted Han Chinese-style...

The Liang dynasty (Chinese: 梁朝; pinyin: Liáng Cháo), alternatively known as the Southern Liang (Chinese: 南梁; pinyin: Nán Liáng) or Xiao Liang (Chinese:...

Northern Han, was a younger brother of the Later Han founder, the Emperor Gaozu of Later Han Liao dynasty and Western Liao The Liao dynasty and the Western...

Empress Shulü Ping, the wife of Liao's founder Emperor Taizu. (Xiao Sagezhi's cousin Xiao Han was described by the Song dynasty historian Sima Guang, in his...

his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Liao, was a Khitan leader and the founding emperor of the Liao dynasty of China, ruling from 916 to 926. He had...

rulers of the Liao dynasty adopted a clothing system which allowed the coexistence of Han and Khitan clothing. According to the History of Liao, the earliest...

ethnicity, unlike the Qing dynasty which mandated wearing of the Manchu hairstyle for men. In Han Chinese tombs dating from Liao dynasty, there are tombs murals...

Shizong of Liao (29 January 919 – 7 October 951), personal name Wuyu, sinicised name Yelü Ruan, was the third emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China...

consort Xiao clan to marry members of the Han 韓 clan of ethnic Han descent, which originated in Jizhou 冀州 before being abducted by the Liao and becoming...

Shulü Ping, the wife of Liao's founder Emperor Taizu of Liao. (Xiao Wen's older brother Xiao Han was described by the Song dynasty historian Sima Guang,...

Nanjing was the name for modern Beijing during the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China, during which it served as the empire's southern capital. To distinguish...

Han Kuangsi (simplified Chinese: 韩匡嗣; traditional Chinese: 韓匡嗣; pinyin: Hán Kūangsì; 918–983) was a physician and minister of the Liao dynasty. He wrote...

numerous dynastic regimes in Chinese history: the Liao dynasty, Northern Liao, Western Liao, Eastern Liao, and Later Liao. In particular, the Liao dynasty and...

Northern Han in 979, Emperor Taizong took advantage of the momentum and launched another military campaign against the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. In May...

pinyin: Nán Cháo Qí) or Xiao Qi (simplified Chinese: 萧齐; traditional Chinese: 蕭齊; pinyin: Xiāo Qí), was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the...