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later shu

later shu (simplified Chinese: 后蜀; traditional Chinese: 後蜀; pinyin: Hòu Shǔ) was one of the Ten Kingdoms during the five dynasties and ten kingdoms Period in China from 907 to 960. It was located in present-day Sichuan with its capital in .

Founding

The original Shu Kingdom that was founded in 907 from the ashes of the tang dynasty was conquered by the later tang dynasty , the second of the five dynasties that ruled the north during this period of time.

Meng Zhixiang commanded elements of the later tang dynasty in the conquered territories of the Shu Kingdom. He was named military governor in 925, but had plotted to make himself emperor, an action he took in 934 as, Li Siyuan, emperor of the later tang dynasty , had seen relations with their powerful neighbors to the north, the Khitan, sour by his rule.

Territorial Extent

The later shu Kingdom held essentially the same territory as the Former Shu kingdom. The kingdom held most of present-day Sichuan , along with southern Gansu and Shaanxi , western Hubei and all of present-day Chongqing . As with the Former Shu, the capital of the kingdom was at .

Succession

Meng Zhixiang died the year following his self-declaration of ascending to the position of emperor of the Shu. His son, Meng Chang ruled very ably for thirty years until the kingdom was incorporated into the expanding song dynasty from the north in 965.

Sovereigns in Hou (Later) Shu Kingdom 934- 965

Temple Names	Posthumous Names	Personal Names	Period	Era Names
高祖 gao zu	Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign	孟知祥 meng zhi xiang	934	Mingde (明德 ming de) 934
後主 hou zhu	Did not exist	孟昶 meng chang	934-965	Mingde (明德 ming de) 934-938 Guangzheng (廣政 guang zheng) 938-965