Later Shu Explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Shu
Common Name:Later Shu
Era:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
Status:Empire
Government Type:Monarchy
Year Start:934
Year End:965
Event Start:Established in Chengdu
Date Start:934
Event End:Surrendered to Song
Date End:965
P1:Later Tang
S1:Song Dynasty
Image Map Caption:Later Shu shown in light red
Capital:Chengdu
Common Languages:Ba–Shu Chinese
Leader1:Emperor Gaozu
Leader2:Emperor Houzhu
Year Leader1:934
Year Leader2:934–965
Title Leader:Emperor
Today:China

Shu, referred to as Later Shu (Chinese: t=後蜀|s=后蜀|first=t|p=Hòu Shǔ) and Meng Shu (Chinese: c=孟蜀) in historiography, was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was located in present-day Sichuan with its capital in Chengdu and lasted from 934 to 965.

Rulers

Temple namePosthumous nameFamily name and given nameReignEra names and their corresponding years
Gāo Zǔ高祖Emperor Wénwǔ Shèngdé Yīngliè Míngxiào (文武聖德英烈明孝皇帝)Mèng Zhīxíang (孟知祥)934Míngdé (明德) 934
Hòu Zhǔ後主Prince Gongxiao of Chu (楚恭孝王)Mèng Chǎng (孟昶)934–965Míngdé (明德) 934–938
Guǎngzhèng (廣政) 938–965

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