Jingnan

For other uses, see Jingnan (disambiguation).

Jingnan (simplified Chinese: 荆南; traditional Chinese: 荊南; pinyin: Jīngnán), also known as Nanping (南平; alternatively written as Southern Ping^[1]) and Northern Chu (北楚) in historiography, was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Lasting from 924 to 963, it was located in south-central China.

Jingnan (Nanping) 荆南 (南平)
924–963
Jingnan (Nanping) shown on map
Capital	Jingzhou
Common languages	Middle Chinese
Government	Monarchy
King
• 909–928	Gao Jixing
• 928–948	Gao Conghui
• 948–960	Gao Baorong
• 960–962	Gao Baoxu
• 962–963	Gao Jichong
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Established	924
• Ended by the Song dynasty	963
Preceded by Succeeded by Later Tang Song dynasty
Today part of	China

Rulers

Sovereigns in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, 907–960

Temple names (Miao Hao 廟號 miao4 hao4)	Posthumous names (Shi Hao 諡號)	Personal names	Period of reigns	Era names (Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of years
Did not exist	Prince Wuxin (武信王)	Gao Jixing (高季興)	909–928	Did not exist
Did not exist	Prince Wenxian (文獻王)	Gao Conghui (高從誨)	928–948	Did not exist
Did not exist	Prince Zhenyi (貞懿王)	Gao Baorong (高保融)	948–960	Did not exist
Did not exist	Prince Zhen'an (貞安王)	Gao Baoxu (高保勗)	960–962	Did not exist
Did not exist	Prince Deren (德仁王)	Gao Jichong (高繼沖)	962–963	Did not exist

Rulers family tree

Jingnan rulers family tree
Gao Jixing 高季興 b. 858–d. 929 Wǔxìng 武信 r. 924–928 Gao Conghui 高從誨 891–948 Wénxiàn 文獻 r. 928–948 Gao Baoxu 高保勗 924–962 Zhenan 貞安王 r. 960–962 Gao Baorong 高保融 920–960 Zhenyi 貞懿王 r. 948–960 Gao Jichong 高繼沖 943–973 Deren 德仁王 r. 962–963