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About Wang Jian
Wang Jian, courtesy name Guangtu (光圖), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Former Shu (前蜀高祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Former Shu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He started his career as an army officer under the Tang dynasty eunuch generals Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi, eventually seizing control of the modern Sichuan and Chongqing region, founding his state after Tang's destruction.
Everything about Wang Jian →- Occupation
- military leader, soldier
- Position held
- Emperor of China
- Citizenship
- Former Shu
- Born
- February 26, 847
- Died
- 918