Native Name: | 燕 |
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.