Wang Yanxi
Min · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 6th ruler
閩景宗 Mǐn Jǐngzōng王延羲 Wáng Yánxī
Wade–Giles: Min Ching-tsung · Wang Yen-hsi
Reigned 941–944 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (941–944). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 6th ruler of Min.
Facts
- Reign
- November 941 – 8 April 944 (6th ruler of Min)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 8 April 944
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersFounded the titleSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
- Predecessor
- Wang Jipeng
Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.
During the reign
Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted
- Era name changes
- 0
- General amnesties
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Min
- 4thWang Yanjun閩惠宗 Mǐn Huìzōng王延鈞 Wáng Yánjūn933–935 · 2 years · Assassinated933–9352 yearsAssassinated
- 5thWang Jipeng閩康宗 Mǐn Kāngzōng王繼鵬 Wáng Jìpéng935–939 · 3 years · Assassinated935–9393 yearsAssassinated
- 6thWang Yanxi閩景宗 Mǐn Jǐngzōng王延羲 Wáng Yánxī941–944 · 2 years · Assassinated941–9442 yearsAssassinated
- 7thWang Yanzheng閩殷帝 Mǐn Yīndì王延政 Wáng Yánzhèng943–945 · 2 years · Natural causes943–9452 yearsNatural causes