Yan (Five Dynasties period) explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Yan
Common Name:Yan
Era:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
Status:Empire
Government Type:Empire
Year Start:911
Year End:914
Event Post:Liu Shouguang's death
Date Post:914
P1:Lulong Jiedushi
S1:Jin (Later Tang precursor)
Capital:You Prefecture
Leader1:Liu Shouguang
Year Leader1:911–914
Title Leader:Emperor
Today:China

Yan, sometimes known in historiography as Jie Yan (Chinese: 桀燕), was a short-lived monarchical state in the vicinity of present-day Beijing at the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Yan, established by Liu Shouguang in 911, only lasted for two years before its destruction by Li Cunxu of the Former Jin dynasty.

As the only ruler of Yan, Liu Shouguang was noted for his cruelty. The state of Yan was therefore sometimes referred to as Jie Yan, in reference to the tyrannical ruler Jie of the Xia dynasty.

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