Everything about Former Shu totally explained
Former Shu (Chinese: 前蜀, Pinyin: Qiánshú) was one of the
Ten Kingdoms formed during the chaotic period between the rules of the
Tang dynasty and the
Song dynasty.
Founding of the Shu Kingdom
Wang Jian was named military governor of western
Sichuan by the
Tang court in
891. As the
Tang Dynasty weakened and eventually fell in
907, Wang was able to expand his holdings into eastern
Sichuan and took the title of emperor as the Tang fell in
907.
Extant of the Shu Kingdom
The Shu was based in its capital of
Chengdu and controlled most of present-day
Sichuan, parts of southern
Gansu and
Shaanxi, part of western
Hebei and all of contemporary
Chongqing. Not only did it border the
Later Liang Dynasty, the successor to the
Tang Dynasty in the north, but it also bordered the Chinese kingdoms of
Nanping and
Chu and the non-Chinese peoples to the south (formerly
Nanzhao and soon to be the
Kingdom of Dali and
Amdo Tibet.
Fall of the Shu Kingdom
Wang Jian died in
918, having been replaced by an incompetent son. The
Later Tang Dynasty replaced the
Later Liang Dynasty in
923. Shortly after that, the
Shatuo Turk controlled northern
China dynasty marched in under the leadership of
Li Cunxu, and incorporated the kingdom into his domains.
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
|
| 後主 hou4 zhu3 |
Did not exist |
王衍 wang2 yan3 |
918-925 |
Qiande (乾德 qian2 de2) 918-925
Xiankang (咸康 xian2 kang1) 925
|
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