The Western Liang (西涼 Xī Liáng; 400–421) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China, one of the "Five Liang" (Wu Liang) of this era. Western Liang was founded by the Li family of the Han Chinese. The founder of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu), traced his patrilineal ancestry to the Western Liang rulers, and traced the ancestry of the Western Liang rulers to Li Guang and Laozi in the paternal line. The Li family of Western Liang were known as the Longxi Li lineage (隴西李氏).

All rulers of the Western Liang proclaimed themselves "wang".

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西涼（400年—421年）是十六國之一。

400年李暠在敦煌郡稱「涼公」。405年遷都酒泉郡，逼近北涼。疆域在今中國甘肅西部及新疆部分。417年，李暠卒，子李歆嗣位。420年，李歆與北涼交戰被殺，其弟敦煌太守李恂在敦煌嗣位。但次年，北涼軍圍敦煌，李恂戰敗，乞降不成後自殺。西涼因此亡於北涼。二十餘年之後，李恂的侄子李寶趁北魏攻滅北涼之際，一度恢復先人的基業，同年向北魏投誠，該政權被稱為後西涼。

因其統治地區古為涼州，故國號為「涼」，又位于涼州西部，故名「西涼」。

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