Liqian

For other uses, see Li Qian (disambiguation).

Liqian (simplified Chinese: 骊靬; traditional Chinese: 驪靬; pinyin: Líqián; Wade–Giles: Li-ch'ien)[note 1] was a county established during the Western Han dynasty and located in the south of modern Yongchang County, Jinchang, in Gansu province of Northwest China. The Western Han inhabitants of the county had migrated to the area from western regions. The county was renamed Liqian (力乾) during the Northern Wei dynasty and disestablished during the Sui dynasty, becoming part of Fanhe County.[2] There is a theory that some of the modern-day residents of Zhelaizhai (now Liqian village,[3] in Jiaojiazhuang township)[4] are descendants of a group of Roman soldiers that were never accounted for after being captured in the Battle of Carrhae. However, Chinese authorities, a 2007 genetic study, and archaeologists have debunked this theory.[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ 夏征农; 陈至立, eds. (September 2009). 辞海：第六版彩图本 [Cihai: Sixth Edition in Color] (in Chinese) (6th ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. p. 1326. ISBN 978-7-5326-2859-9.
  3. ^ "者来寨、骊靬古城遗址、骊靬亭简介". Yongchang County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码". National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2016.
  5. ^ Hoh, Erling (14 January 1999). "Lost Legion". Far Eastern Economic Review. pp. 60–62.
  6. ^ Ying-shih, Yu (1967). Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 89–91.
  7. ^ I-tien, Hsing (1997). "漢代中國與羅馬帝國關係的再檢討 (1985-95)" [Relations between Han China and the Roman Empire Revisited (1985-95)]. 漢學研究 (Chinese Studies). 15 (1): 1–31.


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