Former Shu

Not to be confused withQian ChuorShu Han.

Great Shu / Han Đại Thục / hán
907–925
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 underTangrule	903
• Fall of theTang dynasty	June 1, 907 907
• Ended by theLater Tang	925 925
Currency	Chinese coin, Chinese cash
Preceded by Succeeded by Tang dynasty Later Tang
Today part of	China
Shu had changed its country name from "Shu" to "Han" in 917–918.

China in 923; Former Shu marked brown

Great Shu(Chinese:Đại Thục;pinyin:Dàshǔ), known in historiography as theFormer Shu(Chinese:Trước Thục;pinyin:Qiánshǔ) or occasionallyWang Shu( vương Thục ), was adynastic state of Chinaand one of theTen Kingdomsduring theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.It existed from 907 to 925 CE.

The country's name changed from "Shu" to "Han" (Chinese:Hán;pinyin:Hàn) in 917–918, which is not to be confused with another contemporaneous kingdom during the sameFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period,theSouthern Han(traditional Chinese:Nam hán;simplified Chinese:Nam hán;pinyin:Nán Hàn), 917–971 CE.

Rulers

Sovereigns in the Former Shu Kingdom 907–925

Temple Names (Miao HaoMiếu hiệu miao4 hao4)	Posthumous Names (Shi HaoThụy hào )	Personal Names	Period of Reigns	Era Names (Nian HaoNiên hiệu ) and their according range of years
Cao Tổ gao1 zu3	Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign	Vương kiến wang2 gian 4	907–918	Tianfu ( thiên phục tian1 fu4) 907 Wucheng ( võ thành wu3 cheng22) 908–910 Yongping ( Vĩnh Bình yong3 ping2) 911–915 Tongzheng ( thông chính tong1 zheng4) 916 Tianhan ( thiên hán tian1 han4) 917 Guangtian ( quang thiên guang1 tian1) 918
Did not exist	Did not exist	Vương diễn wang2 yan3	918–925	Qiande ( càn đức qian2 de2) 918–925 Xiankang ( hàm khang xian2 kang1) 925

Family tree
Wang Jian vương kiến 847–918 GaozuCao Tổ 907–918
Wang Yan vương diễn 899–925 HouzhuSau chủ 918–925

See also

• Later Shu

References

• Mote, F.W. (1999).Imperial China (900–1800).Harvard University Press. pp. 11–12, 14–15.ISBN0-674-01212-7.

Further reading

• Wang, Hongjie (2011).Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime.Amherst: Cambria Press.ISBN978-1604977646.