State
Later Shu
one of the 10 Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered in Sichuan
- This boundary
- 934–965 CE
- Founded
- 934 CE
- Ended
- 965 CE
- Capital
- Chengdu
- Preceded by
- Later Tang
- Succeeded by
- Northern Song dynasty
Overview
Shu, referred to as Later Shu (traditional Chinese: 後蜀; simplified Chinese: 后蜀; pinyin: Hòu Shǔ) and Meng Shu (Chinese: 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.
All rulers (2)
- Meng Chang934–965 CE
- Meng Zhixiang934 CE
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