Former Shu

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Chinese kingdom Ten Kingdoms state historical state

Former Shu was a short-lived Chinese kingdom based in Sichuan that existed during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period following the fall of the Tang dynasty.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Later Shu	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese kingdom ⓘ Ten Kingdoms state ⓘ historical state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Former Shu kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Qian Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Chengdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Later Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalFlourishing	Buddhist art ⓘ painting ⓘ poetry ⓘ
currency	Chinese cash coins ⓘ
duration	18 years ⓘ
endTime	925 ⓘ
fallEvent	Later Tang conquest of Former Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ
fallYear	925 ⓘ
firstRuler	Wang Jian NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Wang Jian NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasRuler	Wang Jian NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Zongyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Southwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
lastRuler	Wang Zongyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Yangtze region NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryConflict	wars with Later Tang ⓘ
namedAfter	Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	prosperous economy based on Sichuan agriculture ⓘ relative stability compared to northern dynasties ⓘ
overthrownBy	Later Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	independent kingdom ⓘ
precedes	Later Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorState	Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Sichuan Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Sichuan Province ⓘ parts of modern Chongqing ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
startTime	907 ⓘ
successorState	Later Shu NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	early 10th century ⓘ

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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period → hasPart → Former Shu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Later Shu