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... n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).

... himself emperor of the Khitans and, after subjugating a number of neighboring tribes, extended the empire to the west and north. In 926, he conquered the Pohai kingdom in the east. In 947, the state was named Great Liao; in 983, the Great State of the Khitans; and in 1066, the Great Liao once again. The Liao state, which stretched from the Sea of Japan to ...

... they were dependent on the Khitans. In the early 12th century the various Jurchen tribes were united by Akuta, who in 1114 led an uprising against the Khitans that resulted in the formation of the independent Chin state (1115–1234), which was eventually destroyed by the Mongol conquerors. Under the Mongols, the Jurchens once again split up into several tribal ...

... , during the invasion of the Khitans. In modern times the ui byong. Consisted of armed detachments of Korean patriots who fought against the Japanese aggressors. The partisan struggle waged by these detachments took on a wide scope in Korea between 1905 and 1908, after the establishment of a Japanese protectorate in 1905. Only by routing the main forces of the ui ...

... military actions against the Khitans. In 1126 he joined the fighting against the Jurchens, who had begun a massive incursion into China in late 1125. Yo Fei rose quickly to a high post in the army and managed to stop the advance of the Jurchens, liberate most of Hupeh Province and part of Honan Province, and rout the Chinese feudal lords who had collaborated with ...