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Lian Po
Lian Po (廉颇) was a general of the state of Zhao during the Warring States period, known for victories over Qi and Yan and for his defense at Changping.
Lian Po bearing thorns to ask forgiveness
Lian Po bearing thorns to ask forgiveness (负荆请罪) is a Warring States episode in which the Zhao general Lian Po, carrying thorns, apologized to minister Lin Xiangru.
Lian Qi (A-Type)
Lian Qi, also called Lian Huan Ma Qi or Zhi Qi, is a medieval Chinese alignment board game, documented from the tenth century and the most-played variant.
Lian Tianmei (浙江连天美企业管理有限公司)
Lian Tianmei (Zhejiang Liantianmei Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.) is a Hangzhou-based medical aesthetics hospital group running two private hospitals in Hangzhou, acquired by Aoyuan companies in 2020 and 2021.
Lian Xixian
Lian Xixian (廉希宪, courtesy name Shanfu) was a Uyghur statesman of the Mongol Empire and early Yuan dynasty who served Emperor Shizu as chancellor and crushed the Gansu-Shaanxi rebellion.
Liana
Liana: a long-stemmed woody climbing plant (also called vine, bejuco, cipo) rooted in soil and using trees for support to reach the canopy; abundant in tropical forests, where it competes with trees, reduces carbon storage, and is increasing in abundance.
Liana Flores
Liana Flores is a British-Brazilian singer-songwriter born 1999, raised in South Norfolk, who blends bossa nova and British folk. Known for the TikTok hit "rises the moon", her Verve debut album Flower of the soul (2024) and 2026 EP And so it goes….
Liana Liberato
Liana Liberato, also Liana Daine Liberato, is an American actress born 1995 in Galveston, Texas, known for Trust (Silver Hugo winner), If I Stay, Light as a Feather, Scream VI, and Based on a True Story; distinct from the Italian musician Liberato.
Lianbing Shiji
Lianbing Shiji (练兵实纪, Record of Military Training) is a nine-juan Ming military training manual by general Qi Jiguang, written while training soldiers at Jizhou on the northern frontier and influential among later military writers.
Lianbio
LianBio (联拓生物) was a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded in 2020 by Perceptive Advisors to develop Western drug candidates in Greater China; it wound down in 2024.
Lianbofan Su
Su Lianbofan (苏连博凡), Chinese rapid fire pistol shooter born 2004 in Fujian; world record 35 hits and gold at 2026 Munich World Cup, 2025 Asian champion, 2026 Asian Games silver.
Liancourt Rocks
Liancourt Rocks, also Dokdo (Korean) and Takeshima (Japanese), are islets in the Sea of Japan between Korea and Japan, named after the 1849 French whaling ship Le Liancourt; Korea controls them and Japan disputes sovereignty.
Liancourt Rocks dispute
Liancourt Rocks dispute: sovereignty conflict over islets called Dokdo (Korea) and Takeshima (Japan), named after a French whaling ship in 1849; controlled by South Korea, claimed by Japan, ICJ referrals rejected by Korea.
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty (born 1966) is an Australian novelist whose ten novels have sold more than 25 million copies and include Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.
Liane Russell
Liane Russell (1923–2019) was an Austrian-born American mammalian geneticist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who discovered the Y chromosome's role in maleness and the single-active-X rule.
Liane Tooth
Liane Tooth (Liane Marianne Tooth, OAM, born 1962, Sydney) is a retired Australian field hockey defender, the first woman hockey player in four Olympics (1984-1996), winning gold with the Hockeyroos at Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996.
Liane Weigelt Buhr
Liane Weigelt Buhr (Liane Buhr, born 1956, Pritzwalk) is a German rowing coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed quadruple sculls for East Germany at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1974, 1975, and 1979.
Liang (mass)
The liang (两, 两), also called the tael or Chinese ounce, is a traditional Chinese unit of mass, 50 grams in mainland China and about 37.5 to 37.8 grams elsewhere.
Liang Changlin
Liang Changlin (梁昌霖), also romanized Changlin Liang, is a Chinese entrepreneur and former military officer who founded grocery delivery company Dingdong Maicai in Shanghai in 2017 and led it until 2026.
Liang Cheng
Liang Cheng (梁诚, 1864–1917) was a Qing diplomat who served as China's minister to the United States and negotiated the Boxer Indemnity refund that founded Tsinghua.
Liang Chenyu
Liang Chenyu (梁辰鱼, courtesy name Bolong) was a Ming dynasty playwright, sanqu poet, and musician from Kunshan, Jiangsu, whose play Huansha Ji first carried Kunqu onto the stage.
Liang clan of Anding
The Liang clan of Anding (梁氏) was an Eastern Han consort-kin family from Anding that produced three empresses, seven marquises, and the dominant General-in-Chief Liang Ji.
Liang Code
The Liang Code (梁律) was the penal code of China's Liang dynasty, compiled by Cai Fadu and promulgated under Emperor Wu of Liang in 503.
Liang Dao
Liang Dao (梁焘, 1034–1097) was a Northern Song Confucian scholar-official from Shandong who led the Yuanyou party's Shuo faction and died in exile in 1097.
Liang Dingfen
Liang Dingfen (梁鼎芬, courtesy name Xinghai, 1858–1919) was a Qing scholar-official from Guangdong, demoted for impeaching Li Hongzhang, who spent two decades heading academies under Zhang Zhidong and ended as a loyalist tutoring the last emperor.
Liang Fu
Liang Fu (傅亮) is a Chinese-American condensed matter physicist and Professor of Physics at MIT, known for the theoretical prediction of topological insulators and Majorana fermion proposals.
Liang garden literati (Liangyuan)
The Liang garden literati (梁园文学集团) were the circle of fu poets and strategists gathered by Liu Wu, Prince Xiao of Liang, at Suiyang in the Western Han.
Liang Hong
Liang Hong (梁鸿), courtesy name Boluan, was an Eastern Han poet and recluse from Fufeng, known for the satirical Song of the Five Sighs and his respected marriage with Meng Guang.
Liang Hongyu
Liang Hongyu (梁红玉) was the wife of the Southern Song general Han Shizhong, remembered for beating the drum to direct his fleet at the battle of Huangtiandang.
Liang Huiqiang
Liang Huiqiang (梁惠强, born 1995) is a Chinese Hong Kong business executive, third generation of the family behind Galanz, serving as its vice chairman and as president of Whirlpool China.