East Asia · Fragmentation, Song and the conquest dynasties
Later Shu
934–965
Later Shu (934–965), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Meng Zhixiang, capital Chengdu. Like Former Shu, a prosperous cultural haven (its court produced early printed books and ci poetry).
- Existed
- 934–965
- Shown on the map
- AD 936–969
- Peak area
- 610k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Later Shu (934–965), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Meng Zhixiang, capital Chengdu. Like Former Shu, a prosperous cultural haven (its court produced early printed books and ci poetry). It was conquered by the Song in 965 under Meng Chang.
Common questions
- What was Later Shu?
- Later Shu (934–965), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Meng Zhixiang, capital Chengdu. Like Former Shu, a prosperous cultural haven (its court produced early printed books and ci poetry).
- When did Later Shu exist?
- Later Shu existed 934–965. On this map it is drawn AD 936–969.
- How large was Later Shu?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Later Shu covered about 610,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Later Shu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Shu
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