Liu Congxiao

Liu Congxiao
留從效
Prince of Jinjiang
Portrait of Liu Congxiao (Portrait painted by guessing)
Jiedushi of Qingyuan Circuit
(清源軍節度使)
Reign949 – 962
SuccessorLiu Shaozi (acting)
Born906
Taolinchang, Nan'an County, Quanzhou (present-day Taocheng, Yongchun County)
Died962 (aged 55–56)
Jinjiang County, Quanzhou (present-day Licheng, Quanzhou)
Names
Liú Cóngxiàu (留從效)
Era dates
Adopted Southern Tang's era names:
Baoda (保大): 949–957
Zhongxing (中興): 958
Jiaotai (交泰): 958
Adopted Later Zhou's era name:
Xiande (顯德): 958–960
Adopted Northern Song's era name:
Jianlong (建隆): 960–962
Regnal name
Duke of E (鄂國公), later Prince of Jinjiang (晉江王)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese留從效
Simplified Chinese留从效
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Cóngxiàu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLiû Chiông-hāu

Liu Congxiao (Chinese: 留從效; 906-962), formally the Prince of Jinjiang (Chinese: 晉江王), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Min and the first ruler of Qingyuan Circuit. After Min's fall, he initially submitted to Southern Tang (which had conquered Min), but eventually, taking advantage of Southern Tang's inability to fully control the region, took the southern part of the former Min realm under his own control, albeit in nominal submission to Southern Tang. After Southern Tang's repeated defeats by Later Zhou, he also nominally submitted to Later Zhou's successor state Song.