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.
Great Shu / Han 大蜀 / 漢 | |||||||||
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| 907–925 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Chengdu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Ba–Shu Chinese | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
• 907–918 | Wang Jian | ||||||||
• 918–925 | Wang Zongyan | ||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period | ||||||||
• Foundation of the State of Shu under Tang rule | 903 | ||||||||
• Fall of the Tang dynasty | June 1, 907 907 | ||||||||
• Ended by the Later Tang | 925 925 | ||||||||
| Currency | Chinese coin, Chinese cash | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
Shu had changed its country name from "Shu" to "Han" in 917–918. | |||||||||
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
edit| 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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| 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 |
| 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
editReferences
edit- Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China (900–1800). Harvard University Press. pp. 11–12, 14–15. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.
Further reading
edit- Wang, Hongjie (2011). Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime. Amherst: Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1604977646.