Wang Yan
Former Shu · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 2nd ruler
前蜀後主 Qián Shǔ Hòuzhǔ王衍 Wáng Yǎn
Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Shu Hou-chu · Wang Yen
Reigned 918–925 (7 years)
Reigned 7 years (918–925). Executed at 28 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Former Shu.
Facts
- Reign
- 12 July 918 – 15 December 925 (2nd ruler of Former Shu)
- Length of reign
- 7 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 926
- Age at accession
- 18
- Age at death
- 28
- Cause of death
- ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
- Path to the throne
- Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
- Predecessor
- Wang Jian
- Era names
- 乾德 Qiándé (proclaimed 919)
- 咸康 Xiánkāng (proclaimed 925)
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
- 2
- General amnesties
- 2
- Empresses installed
- 3
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0