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10th-century Chinese kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Former Shu
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Great Shu (Chinese: 大蜀; pinyin: Dàshǔ), known in historiography as the Former Shu (Chinese: 前蜀; pinyin: Qiánshǔ) or occasionally Wang Shu (王蜀), was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It existed from 907 to 925 CE.

Quick Facts Great Shu / Han大蜀 / 漢, Capital ...
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China in 923; Former Shu marked brown

The country's name changed from "Shu" to "Han" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hàn) in 917–918, which is not to be confused with another contemporaneous kingdom during the same Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Southern Han (traditional Chinese: 南漢; simplified Chinese: 南汉; pinyin: Nán Hàn), 917–971 CE.

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Rulers

More information Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miao4 hao4), Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 ) ...
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Wang Jian 王建 847–918
Gaozu 高祖
907–918
Wang Yan 王衍 899–925
Houzhu 后主
918–925
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See also

References

  • Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China (900–1800). Harvard University Press. pp. 11–12, 14–15. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

Further reading

  • Wang, Hongjie (2011). Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime. Amherst: Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1604977646.
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