Former Shu
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 | |||||||||
| 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.
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