Yan (Five Dynasties period)

This article is about the Yan Kingdom of the early 10th century. For other uses, see Yan (disambiguation).

Yan燕

911–914

Capital

You Prefecture

Government

Empire

Emperor

• 911–914

Liu Shouguang

Historical era

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

• Established

911

• Disestablished

914

• Liu Shouguang's death

914

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Lulong Jiedushi

Jin (Later Tang precursor)

Today part of

China

Yan (Chinese: 燕), sometimes known in historiography as Jie Yan (桀燕), was a short-lived monarchical state in the vicinity of present-day Beijing at the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Yan, established by Liu Shouguang in 911, only lasted for two years before its destruction by Li Cunxu of the Former Jin dynasty.

As the only ruler of Yan, Liu Shouguang was noted for his cruelty. The state of Yan was therefore sometimes referred to as Jie Yan, in reference to the tyrannical ruler Jie of the Xia dynasty.

References

Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China (900-1800). Harvard University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

v t e Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (Timeline)
Five Dynasties	Later Liang (Jin) / Later Tang Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou
Ten Kingdoms (Ten States)	Wu Former Shu Chu Wuyue Min / (Yin) Southern Han Jingnan Later Shu Southern Tang Northern Han
Other states	Qi Zhao Yan
De facto independent entities	Yiwu Circuit Dingnan Circuit Qingyuan Circuit Jinghai Circuit Wuping Circuit [zh] Guiyi Circuit Lulong Circuit
Neighboring states	Balhae Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom Liao dynasty Tibetan kingdoms Dali Đại Việt
Histories	Old History of the Five Dynasties Historical Records of the Five Dynasties Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms Wudai Huiyao

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