Lian the Great

{{Short description|Figure in Chinese mythology}}

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|name= Da Lian
大廉

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|predecessor= Fei the Great

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|father = Fei the Great

|mother = jade lady of the Yao

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Lian or Lien the Great ({{zh|c=大廉|p=Dàlián|l=the Great and Honest}}) was a figure in Chinese mythology. In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying states that he was one of Fei the Great's two sons, along with Ruomu. He is said to be the great-great-grandfather of Mengxi and Zhongyan.{{cite book|author1=Qian Sima|author2=Tsai Fa Cheng|title=The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDo3xBcsX-UC&pg=PA87|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34021-7|pages=87–}} His descendants ruled the State of Huang.