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Wang Yan

Former Shu emperor · Writers · Lived 899 to 926 · aged 27

Wang Yan (899-926), né Wang Zongyan (王宗衍), courtesy name Huayuan (化源), also known in historiography as Houzhu of Former Shu, later posthumously created the Duke of Shunzheng (順正公) by the Later Tang dynasty, was the second and final emperor of China's Former Shu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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He was the youngest son of founding emperor Wang Jian, but became his heir because his mother Consort Xu was Wang Jian's favorite concubine and was able to gain the support of the chancellor Zhang Ge.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 899 to 926 · aged 27