Yang Xingmi

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Yang Xingmi (楊行密) (852 - 905) was a military commander and the founder of the Wu State in Southern China in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, leading to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history.

[edit] Founder of Wu

Yang Xingmi was regional inspector of Lanzhou prior to being named the military governor in 892. He was named Prince of Wu by the faltering Tang Dynasty in 902.

[edit] Reign

Guangling, now known as Yangzhou, was the capital of the Wu State. It occupied parts of present-day Jiangsu and Anhui. Upon being declared the Prince of Wu by the Tang court, he set to work on repairing a faltering economy. However, his reign was very brief as he died in 905, three years into his rule. He would posthumously be given the title of Wu Taizu (吳太祖),founding emperor of Wu, after the Tang Dynasty finally collapsed in 907.

[edit] References

Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China (900-1800). Harvard University Press, 14. 

"Chinese History - Ten States 十國 (902-979): Wu 吳 (Huainan 淮南; 902-937)". Retrieved on 2006-10-31.