Kitan

The dead by the lake are equally Kitan and their Taguran foes; there is no way to tell the bones apart, and he buries them all with honour.

Books in the Mail (W/E 01/31/2010) RobB 2010

The dead by the lake are equally Kitan and their Taguran foes; there is no way to tell the bones apart, and he buries them all with honour.

Archive 2010-04-01 RobB 2010

In the case of "Under Heaven," the limited but extremely dangerous appearance of magic is a reminder that the dark mysteries of the world are ever-present, even in a place as perfectly ordered as the Kitan empire; that life is a perpetual mystery even after thousands of years of philosophers and historians analyzing its vagaries.

Ilana Teitelbaum: An Epic of Tang Dynasty China: "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay 2010

Two hundred and fifty is an overwhelming gift, a gift that instantly elevates Shen Tai into a player in Kitan politics.

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay Adam Whitehead 2010

The dead by the lake are equally Kitan and their Taguran foes; there is no way to tell the bones apart, and he buries them all with honour.

Archive 2010-01-01 RobB 2010

It's true that all the magic occurs at the periphery of Kitan civilization - by the lake and on the wild plains - which indicates that while intellectual sophistication cannot rationalize these mysteries away, it can preserve the illusion of their extinction.

Ilana Teitelbaum: An Epic of Tang Dynasty China: "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay 2010

The dead by the lake are equally Kitan and their Taguran foes; there is no way to tell the bones apart, and he buries them all with honour.

Books in the Mail (W/E 04/03/2010 RobB 2010

The dead by the lake are equally Kitan and their Taguran foes; there is no way to tell the bones apart, and he buries them all with honour.

Mihir’s Anticipated 2010 Books Liviu 2010

The Kyrgyz then ruled the area from their base in the Altai Mountains until they themselves were displaced by the Khi­tans (Kitan) in 924.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 12 The Establishment of Buddhist Kingdoms by the Uighurs 2006

Kitan occupied the capital and almost the whole of the country.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949