Conventional Long Name: | Min |
Common Name: | Min (Ten Kingdoms) |
Era: | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period |
Status: | Empire |
Empire: | Late Liang Dynasty |
Government Type: | Monarchy |
Year Start: | 909 |
Year End: | 945 |
Event Start: | Wang Shenzhi became the Prince |
Event End: | Ended by Southern Tang |
Event1: | Wang Yanjun declared himself the Emperor |
Date Event1: | 933 |
Event2: | Independence of Yin |
Date Event2: | 943 |
P1: | Tang dynasty |
S1: | Southern Tang |
S2: | Yin (Five Dynasties period)Yin |
S3: | Wuyue |
Capital: | Changle |
Common Languages: | Middle Chinese Medieval Min Chinese |
Currency: | Kaiyuan Tongbao Longqi Tongbao Yonghe Tongbao Yonglong Tongbao Tiande Zhongbao |
Leader1: | Wang Shenzhi |
Leader2: | Wang Yanzheng |
Year Leader1: | 909–925 |
Year Leader2: | 943–945 |
Year Leader3: | 941–947 |
Title Leader: | King/Emperor |
Today: | China |
Min was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms in existence between the years of 909 and 945. It existed in a mountainous region of modern-day Fujian province of China and had a history of quasi-independent rule. Its capital was Fuzhou. It was founded by Wang Shenzhi (Emperor Taizu).
Temple Names | Posthumous Names | Personal Names | Period of Reigns | Era Names and dates | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Chinese: 太祖) | (Chinese: 忠懿王) | (Chinese: 王審知) | 909–925 | Adopted the era name of Later Tang | |
None | Siwang(嗣王) | (Chinese: 王延翰) | 925–926 | Adopted the era name of Later Tang | |
(Chinese: 惠宗) | (Chinese: 齊肅明孝皇帝) | (Chinese: 王延鈞) | 926–935 | Adopted the era name of Later Tang 926–935 (Chinese: 龍啟) 933–935 (Chinese: 永和) 935 | |
(Chinese: 康宗) | Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign | (Chinese: 王繼鵬) | 935–939 | (Chinese: 通文) 936–939 | |
(Chinese: 景宗) | Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign | (Chinese: 王延羲) | 939–944 | (Chinese: 永隆) 939–944 | |
None | None | (Chinese: 朱文進) | 944–945 | Adopted the era name of Later Jin | |
None | (Chinese: 福恭懿王) (both as Emperor of Yin and Emperor of Min) | (Chinese: 王延政) | 943–945 | (Chinese: 天德) 943–945 |