Min (Ten Kingdoms)

Min (Ten Kingdoms)
Min

909–945
 

 

Capital Changle
Language(s) Middle Chinese
Government Monarchy
King/Emperor
 - 909-925 Wang Shenzhi
 - 943-945 Wang Yanzheng
Historical era Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
 - Wang Shenzhi became the Prince 909 909
 - Wang Yanjun declared himself the Emperor 933
 - Independence of Yin 943
 - Ended by Southern Tang 945 945

Min () was one of the Ten Kingdoms which was in existence between the years of 909 and 945. It existed in a mountainous region of modern day Fujian province of China and had a history of quasi-independent rule. Its capital was Fuzhou 福州. It was founded by Wang Shenzhi (王审知).

Min (Ten Kingdoms)
Traditional Chinese 閩國
Simplified Chinese 闽国

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Founding

Wang Shenzhi’s older brother Wang Chao was given the title of Surveillance Commissioner in 892. Wang Shenzhi himself was named military commissioner, and in 909, in the wake of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty two years earlier, named himself the Prince of Min. Wang Shenzhi’s son declared himself the Emperor of Min in 933. At that point, his father was posthumously named Min Taizu.

Territorial Extant

The capital of the Min Kingdom was Changle, now known as Fuzhou. The kingdom was essentially limited to modern-day Fujian Province in China’s southeast.

Administration

The territory of the Min was relatively isolated and rugged, thus not as economically prosperous as other regions of the Chinese realm. The Min court attempted to attract scholars that would assist in constructing an effective bureaucratic and tax system to bring the kingdom up to contemporary standards. Maritime trade developed over this period of time. This would set the stage for a successful regional maritime trade that could continue during future Chinese dynasties.

Yin Kingdom

In 943, one of Wang Shenzhi’s sons rebelled and declared independence from the Min in the northwest of the territory of the kingdom. The Min court asked the Southern Tang for assistance in quelling the rebellion in Yin. Rather than assisting the Min government, the Southern Tang came in and absorbed the territory into its own holdings.

Fall of the Min

Seeing the threat posed by the Southern Tang, the Min court declared its allegiance to the Wuyue kingdom to its north. However, this did not stop the Southern Tang from marching in and incorporating the remainder of the Min Kingdom into its holdings in 945

Rulers

Sovereigns in Min (Ten Kingdoms) Kingdom 909-945 (including Yin (943-945))
Temple Names ( Miao Hao) Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao) Personal Names Period of Reigns Era Names (Nian Hao) and their according range of years
Tàizǔ (太祖) Zhōngyì Wáng (忠懿王) Wáng Shěnzhī|王審知 909-925 Did not exist
Did not exist Did not exist Wáng Yánhàn|王延翰 925-926 Did not exist
Hùizōng (惠宗) Qísù Míngxiào Huángdì (齊肅明孝皇帝) Wáng Yànjūn|王延鈞 926-935 Lóngqǐ (龍啟) 933-935

Yǒnghé (永和) 935

Kāngzōng (康宗) Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign Wáng Jìpéng|王繼鵬 935-939 Tōngwén (通文) 936-939
Jǐngzōng (景宗) Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign Wáng Yánxī|王延羲 939-944 Yǒnglóng (永隆) 939-944
Did not exist Did not exist Zhū Wénjìn|朱文進 943-944 Did not exist
Did not exist Tiāndé Dì (天德帝) (both as Emperor of Yin and Emperor of Min) Wáng Yánzhèng|王延政 943-945 Tiāndé (天德) 943-945

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