Yelang
Ancient polity in modern Guizhou Province, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the ancient political entity. For the existing town, see Yelang, Guizhou.
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.[1] The state is known to modern Chinese from the idiom, "Yelang thinks too highly of itself" (Chinese: 夜郎自大; pinyin: Yèláng zì dà; lit. 'Yelang self-aggrandizes').[2]
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