Yelang
Sign in to saveYelang, also Zangke, was an ancient political entity first described in the 3rd century BC in what is now western Guizhou province, China. It was active for over 200 years. The state is known to modern Chinese from the idiom, "Yelang thinks too highly of itself" (). It was absorbed by the Han Dynasty in 111 BC with the conquest of Nanyue, after an attempted conquest by the former Qin Dynasty.
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- Nanyue
- In Chinese culture
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Yelang, also Zangke, was an ancient political entity first described in the 3rd century BC in what is now western Guizhou province, China. It was active for over 200 years. The state is known to modern Chinese from the idiom, "Yelang thinks too highly of itself" (). It was absorbed by the Han Dynasty in 111 BC with the conquest of Nanyue, after an attempted conquest by the former Qin Dynasty.
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