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
|status = Empire
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|government_type = Monarchy
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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
|date_pre = 903
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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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|currency = Chinese coin,
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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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|title_leader = Emperor
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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 |
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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 |
{{chart/start|summary=Former Shu}}
{{chart|border=0| Fam |Fam= Family tree}}
{{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
- {{cite book |last=Wang|first=Hongjie|title=Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime|year=2011|publisher=Cambria Press|location=Amherst|isbn=978-1604977646 }}
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