Khu Liên

He is known in Chinese records as Ōu Lián (甌連), or Zhulian, which in Vietnamese pronunciation is Khu Liên (chữ Hán: 區連). Attempts have also been made to identify Sri Mara with Fan Shiman (范師蔓) of Funan (circa 230 CE).Dougald J. W. O'Reilly Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia - 2007 -Page 131 "preferred to identify Sri Mara with Fan Shi-man of Funan (circa 230 C.E.). This view is indirectly supported by Filliozat (1968) and Jacques (1969, 123).H. R. Chakrabartty Vietnam, Kampuchea, Laos, bound in comradeship: a panoramic study 1988 - Volume 2 - Page 423 "Maintaining his tempo of triumphs, Fan Shih-man, or Sri Mara, conquered most of Siam, central Burma and northern Malaya.5 According to Chinese sources, the Great King died in action while campaigning in Chin-lin, meaning 'Frontier of ."Kelley Ross webpage "[http://www.friesian.com/perigoku.htm The Periphery of China -- Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Tibet, and Mongolia]" on a stele recorded as Sri Mara (Chinese 释利摩罗).邱新民, 东南亚文化交通史 Singapore Society of Asian Studies - 1984- Page 184 "晋书卷九十七林邑国传说: "后汉末,县功曹姓区,有子日连,杀令自立为王,子孙相承"。其详细情形,据水经注卷三十六引林邑记说: "国无文史,失其籌代,世数难详"。但据一般的研究,以为林邑王统的始祖,是碑文中所载的释利摩罗"

He was born in Tượng Lâm (Vietnamese pronunciation of Chinese 象林, in what is today Thừa Thiên Huế province in Central Vietnam) an area of tension between the Han dynasty and the natives of Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Chinese Lin Yi 林邑, the precursor to Champa). According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, in 137, he led thousands of Chams to rebel against the Han prefect in Tượng Lâm.《後漢書卷八十六·南蠻西南夷列傳》:"永和二年，日南、象林徼外蛮夷區憐等数千人攻象林县，烧城寺，杀长吏"Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 22, Peripheral Records vol. 4. However, while Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư mentions his name in the uprising in 137, An Nam chí lược states that the rebellion was led by 'barbarians' and does not mention him by name. Jiaozhi governor Phàn Diễn led an army of over ten thousands troops from both Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen to quell the uprising but soon failed.Lê Tắc (1335), An Nam chí lược, page 67, volume 7 Giả Xương, another Han official was appointed to Rinan to lead the army of other districts and provinces in the region to quell the uprising but failed and was besieged by the rebels for more than one year. In 138, Jiaozhou's governor Trương Kiều along with Jiuzhen's governor Chúc Lương successfully made peace with the rebels in Tượng Lâm.Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 23, Peripheral Records vol. 4. History records don't clarify the terms of the peace agreements between the Han dynasty governors and the rebels, so it remains unclear what happened to Khu Liên after that event. Keith W. Taylor's The Birth of the Vietnam (1983) places Khu Liên's uprising in 192,程爱勤 叶调国研究 1993 Page 131 "《水经注》的记载则明显表明区怜是范熊的远夕卜祖,其间已"失其纂代,世数难详。"而《隋书》的记载则只能理解为区连是范熊的舅舅,范熊为区连的外甥。前面已经说过,林邑的建国只有二个年代,或者 137 年,或者 192 年。" while no Vietnamese or Chinese historical sources record any uprising occurring in Tượng Lâm or Jiaozhi in that year 192.

In 192, Khu Liên declared himself King of Lâm Ấp and founded the kingdom.Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., {{ISBN|9786167339443}}{{rp|323}} This is considered the official founding of Champa, though Cham legend dates the founding to be much earlier.Nguyễn Khắc Viện Vietnam, a Long History reprint 2002 Page 107 "... Cù Mông Pass (present-day Quảng Nam and Nghĩa Bình provinces) which Chinese historians called Lin Yi, or Lâm Ấp in ... Under the Gangaraja Dynasty (6[th] to 8[th] century) which comprised nine successive kings, the capital was transferred to "

In 248, Khu Lien led the Cham in looting and razing Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen. The Cham then defeated the fleet sent to repulse them, at Bay of the Battle.Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., {{ISBN|9747534991}}{{rp|26–27}} This event, along with the gap between the rebel in 137 and the kingdom's declaration 192, has led to the hypothesis that 'Sri Mara' or 'Khu Liên' might have been a noble title used by multiple leaders. If Khu Liên was indeed the one who led the uprising in 137, it would be unlikely for him to also lead the raids on Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen in 248 — more than a hundred years later.

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