Later Shu

The Later Shu kingdom was (Chinese后蜀/后蜀, Pinyin Hou Shǔ; named ) in Chinese also Meng Shu (孟 蜀, Meng Shǔ; 907-960 ) of the during the period between the reigns of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty formed ten kingdoms of the Five Dynasties ( Wudai ) in China. Its capital was in Chengdu (Sichuan ). The state was named Shu (蜀, Shu ) and later got his name Hou Shu ( " Later Shu ").

The Early Shu kingdom was founded in 907 on the ruins of the Tang Dynasty and was conquered by the Later Tang Dynasty, the second of the five dynasties that ruled the north at this time.

Meng Zhixiang (孟知祥, Meng Zhixiang; 874-934 ) commanded part of the forces of the Later Tang Dynasty in the conquered territories of the Shu kingdom. He was appointed military governor 925 ( Jiedushi ), but conspired against the Emperor and ascended the throne 934.

The Later Shu Empire encompassed roughly the same area as the Former Shu kingdom: the present-day Sichuan, Chongqing and Shaanxi Southwest, Southeast Gansu and western Hubei.

Meng Zhixiang died seven months later, and his son, Meng Chang, followed him. He ruled for thirty years until the kingdom 965 fell to the expanding Song Dynasty.

Discovered in early 1971 grave Meng Zhixiang ( Meng Zhixiang mu) in the north of Chengdu stands out since 2006 on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 6-277 ).

Guangzheng ( Guǎngzhèng广 政) 938-965