Wang Jian
Former Shu · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler
前蜀高祖 Qián Shǔ Gāozǔ王建 Wáng Jiàn
Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Shu Kao-tsu · Wang Chien
Reigned 907–918 (10 years)
Reigned 10 years (907–918). Died at 72 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Former Shu.
Facts
- Reign
- 3 November 907 – 11 July 918 (1st ruler of Former Shu)
- Length of reign
- 10 years
- Born
- 847
- Died
- 11 July 918
- Age at accession
- 61
- Age at death
- 72
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Successor
- Wang Yan
- Era names
- 武成 Wǔchéng (proclaimed 908)
- 永平 Yǒngpíng (proclaimed 911)
- 通正 Tōngzhèng (proclaimed 916)
- 天漢 Tiānhàn (proclaimed 917)
- 光天 Guāngtiān (proclaimed 918)
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
- 5
- General amnesties
- 11
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0