Native Name: | 蜀 |
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.
Temple name | Posthumous name | Family name and given name | Reign | Era names and their corresponding years | |||||
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Gāo Zǔ | 高祖 | Emperor Wénwǔ Shèngdé Yīngliè Míngxiào (文武聖德英烈明孝皇帝) | Mèng Zhīxíang (孟知祥) | 934 | Míngdé (明德) 934 | ||||
Hòu Zhǔ | 後主 | Prince Gongxiao of Chu (楚恭孝王) | Mèng Chǎng (孟昶) | 934–965 | Míngdé (明德) 934–938 Guǎngzhèng (廣政) 938–965 |