page_title: Wang Han (poet)
section_title: Liangzhou
hierarchical_section_title: Wang Han (poet) / Poetry / "A Song of Liangzhou" / Liangzhou
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the expansion of Han dynasty in 2nd century BC.
context_page_description: Wang Han was an early eighth century Chinese poet, of the Tang dynasty, with one of his poems being included in the famous anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
context_section_description: The title of this poem refers to the sometimes province of Liangzhou, formed as part of the Han conquest of parts of the Xiongnu empire of the 120s BCE, in the Han–Xiongnu War. Settlement of Liangzhou occurred thereafter, although this crucial transportaion corridor was subsequently lost, only later to be regained by a newly reunified China -- events remembered in Tang poetry, including by Wang Han. The Hexi Corridor served to connect China proper with the Western Regions, which helped secure important parts of the Silk Road into Central Asia. This was paralleled in the Sui-Tang dynastic era, and is also a key transport route in modern times.
caption: Map of the Han–Xiongnu War. Liangzhou is approximately shown as the Hexi Corridor, reaching from the Chinese heartland into Central Asia, and points beyond.
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