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Former Shu

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Great Shu / Han
Đại Thục / hán
907–925
CapitalChengdu
Common languagesBa–Shu Chinese
GovernmentMonarchy
Emperor
• 907–918
Wang Jian
• 918–925
Wang Zongyan
Historical eraFive 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
CurrencyChinese coin,
Chinese cash
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tang dynasty
Later Tang
Today part ofChina
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

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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

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References

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

Further reading

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