Former Shu

{{Short description|10th-century Chinese kingdom}}

{{Distinguish|Qian Chu|Shu Han}}

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|native_name = 大蜀 / 漢

|conventional_long_name = Great Shu / Han

|common_name = Former Shu

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|era = Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

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|year_start = 907

|year_end = 925

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|event_start = Fall of the Tang dynasty

|date_start = June 1, 907

|event_end = Ended by the Later Tang

|date_end = 925

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|event_pre = Foundation of the State of Shu under Tang rule

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|p1 = Tang dynasty

|s1 = Later Tang

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|capital = Chengdu

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|common_languages = Ba–Shu Chinese

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|leader1 = Wang Jian

|leader2 = Wang Zongyan

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|year_leader1 = 907–918

|year_leader2 = 918–925

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|footnotes = Shu had changed its country name from "Shu" to "Han" in 917–918.

|today = China

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Great Shu ({{lang-zh|c=大蜀|p=Dàshǔ}}), known in historiography as the Former Shu ({{lang-zh|c=前蜀|p=Qiánshǔ|links=no}}) 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.

The country's name changed from "Shu" to "Han" ({{lang-zh|t=漢|p=Hàn|links=no}}) 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 ({{lang-zh|t=南漢|s=南汉|first=t|p=Nán Hàn|links=no}}), 917–971 CE.

Rulers

class="wikitable"

|+ Sovereigns in the Former Shu Kingdom 907–925

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

Gao Zu|高祖 gao1 zu3

| Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign

| Wang Jian|王建 wang2 jian4

| 907–918

| Tianfu (天復 tian1 fu4) 907

Wucheng (武成 wu3 cheng22) 908–910

Yongping (永平 yong3 ping2) 911–915

Tongzheng (通正 tong1 zheng4) 916

Tianhan (天漢 tian1 han4) 917

Guangtian (光天 guang1 tian1) 918

Did not exist

| Did not exist

| Wang Yan|王衍 wang2 yan3

| 918–925

| Qiande (乾德 qian2 de2) 918–925

Xiankang (咸康 xian2 kang1) 925

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{{chart|border=1| Wjn |Wjn=Wang Jian 王建 847–918
Gaozu 高祖
907–918}}

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{{chart|border=1| Wyn |Wyn=Wang Yan 王衍 899–925
Houzhu 后主
918–925}}

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See also

References

  • {{cite book|title=Imperial China (900–1800)|author=Mote, F.W.|year=1999|publisher=Harvard University Press|pages=11–12, 14–15|isbn=0-674-01212-7}}

Further reading