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
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 under Tang rule
903
• Fall of the Tang dynasty
June 1, 907 907
• Ended by the Later 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

The country's name changed from "Shu" to "Han" (Chinese: ; 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

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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

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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. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

Further reading

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  • Wang, Hongjie (2011). Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime. Amherst: Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1604977646.