Liu Yan (emperor)

Full name
	Family name: Liú (劉); Given name: Originally Yán (巖),; later Zhì (陟) (changed ~896),; later Yán (巖) again (changed 911),; later Gōng (龔) (changed 925),; later Yǎn (龑) (changed 925);
Era dates
	Qiánhēng (乾亨) 917–925; Báilóng (白龍) 925–928; Dàyǒu (大有) 928–942
Regnal name
	911–917: Prince of Nanhai (南海王); 917–918: Emperor of Great Yue (大越皇帝); After 918: Emperor of Great Han (大漢皇帝)
Posthumous name
	Tiānhuáng Dàdì (天皇大帝)
Temple name
	Gāozǔ (高祖)

Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han
南漢高祖
Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han; 南漢高祖
Emperor of Great Yue (917–918); Emperor of Great Han (After 918)
1st Emperor of Southern Han
Reign	5 September 917 – 10 June 942
Successor	Liu Bin
Jiedushi of Qinghai Circuit; (清海軍節度使)
Tenure	911 – 917
Predecessor	Liu Yin
Successor	Proclaimed the emperor
Born	889
Died	10 June 942 (aged 53)
Burial	Kang Mausoleum (康陵; in modern Panyu District, Guangzhou)
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Liú (劉); Given name: Originally Yán (巖),; later Zhì (陟) (changed ~896),; later Yán (巖) again (changed 911),; later Gōng (龔) (changed 925),; later Yǎn (龑) (changed 925);
Era dates
	Qiánhēng (乾亨) 917–925; Báilóng (白龍) 925–928; Dàyǒu (大有) 928–942
Regnal name
	911–917: Prince of Nanhai (南海王); 917–918: Emperor of Great Yue (大越皇帝); After 918: Emperor of Great Han (大漢皇帝)
Posthumous name
	Tiānhuáng Dàdì (天皇大帝)
Temple name
	Gāozǔ (高祖)
House	Liu
Dynasty	Southern Han

Liu Yan (traditional Chinese: 劉龑; simplified Chinese: 刘䶮; pinyin: Liú Yǎn; 889^[3] – 10 June 942^[4]^[1]), né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) (from c. 896 to 911) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of the Chinese Southern Han dynasty, one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.