10th-century Chinese kingdom
China in 923; Former Shu marked brown
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.
The country's name changed from "Shu" to "Han" (Chinese: 漢 ; 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.
Rulers
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
高祖 gao1 zu3
Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign
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
王衍 wang2 yan3
918–925
Qiande (乾德 qian2 de2) 918–925
Xiankang (咸康 xian2 kang1) 925
Family tree
Wang Jian 王建 847–918 Gaozu 高祖 907–918
Wang Yan 王衍 899–925 Houzhu 后主 918–925
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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