Lai (state)
Lai 萊 | |||||||
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| ?–567 BC | |||||||
Lai is on the tip of the Shandong Peninsula bordering Qi | |||||||
| Capital | Changle (昌樂) Linqu (臨朐) Ni (郳) | ||||||
| Common languages | Old Chinese | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Duke of Lai | |||||||
• ?–567 BCE | Duke Gong of Lai | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | ? | ||||||
• Conquered by Qi | 567 BC | ||||||
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Lai (simplified Chinese: 莱; traditional Chinese: 萊; pinyin: Lái), also known as Laiyi (萊夷; Láiyí), was an ancient Dongyi state located in what is now eastern Shandong Province, recorded in the Book of Xia. Tang Shanchun (唐善纯) believes lái means "mountain" in the Old Yue language, while the Yue Jue Shu (越絕書) says lai means "wilderness".