Later Shu empire
The later Shu Empire ( Chinese 後蜀 / 后蜀 , Pinyin Hòu Shǔ ; 934–960; in Chinese also Meng Shu ( 孟 蜀 , Mèng Shǔ )) was one of the times between the Tang Dynasty and Song rule -Dynasty formed the Ten Empires of the Five Dynasties ( Wudai ) in China. Its capital was in Chengdu ( Sichuan ). The state was called Shu ( 蜀 , Shú ) and only later got its name Hou Shu ("Later Shu").
The Early Shu Empire was founded on the ruins of the Tang Dynasty in 907 and was conquered by the Later Tang Dynasty , the second of the five dynasties that ruled the north at the time.
Meng Zhixiang ( 孟知祥 , Mèng Zhīxiáng ; 874–934) commanded parts of the troops of the Later Tang Dynasty in the conquered areas of the Shu Empire. He was appointed military governor ( jiedushi ) in 925 , but conspired against the emperor and ascended the throne in 934.
The Later Shu Empire encompassed roughly the same area as the Earlier Shu Empire : present day Sichuan , Chongqing and southwest Shaanxi , southeast Gansu, and western Hubei .
Meng Zhixiang died seven months later, and his son, Meng Chang , followed him. He ruled for thirty years until the empire fell to the expanding Song Dynasty in 965 .
Meng Zhixiang's grave ( Meng Zhixiang mu ) in the north of Chengdu , discovered in the spring of 1971, has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-277) since 2006 .
| Temple name | Surname and first name | Reign | Era name and duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gāozǔ 高祖 | Mèng Zhīxiáng 孟知祥 | 934 | Mingde (Míngdé 明德) 934 |
| Hòuzhǔ 後主 | Mèng Chǎng 孟昶 | 934-965 | Mingde (Míngdé 明德) 934-938 Guangzheng (Guǎngzhèng 廣 政) 938–965 |
literature
Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
Web links
- Later Shu 後蜀 (934-965) - English
- Chengdu: Ancient Tomb Calls for Urgent Protection - English
- Meng Zhixiang mu (Meng Zhixiang Tomb) - Chinese
Individual evidence
- ^ Cihai , p. 677