| King Taizu of Wuyue 吳越太祖 | |||||||||||||
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| Ruler of Wuyue (more...) | |||||||||||||
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| King of Wuyue | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 907[1] – May 6, 932 | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Qian Yuanguan, son | ||||||||||||
| Jiedushi of Zhendong Circuit (鎮東軍節度使) | |||||||||||||
| Tenure | 907–928 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Wang Tuan | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Qian Yuanguan | ||||||||||||
| Jiedushi of Zhenhai Circuit (鎮海軍節度使) | |||||||||||||
| Tenure | 893–928 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Li Chan | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Qian Yuanguan | ||||||||||||
| Born | Qian Poliu March 10, 852[2][3] Lin'an, Hang Prefecture, Tang dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Died | May 6, 932 (aged 80)[2][4] Wuyue | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Tomb of Qian Liu (in modern Lin'an District, Hangzhou) | ||||||||||||
| Wife | Lady Wu | ||||||||||||
| Concubines | See § Family | ||||||||||||
| Issue | See § Family | ||||||||||||
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| House | Qian | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Wuyue | ||||||||||||
| Father | Qian Kuan | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Lady Shuiqiu | ||||||||||||
| Qian Liu | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 錢鏐 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱镠 | ||||||||||||
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| Qian Poliu | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 錢婆留 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱婆留 | ||||||||||||
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| Qian Jumei | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 錢具美 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱具美 | ||||||||||||
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Qian Liu (10 March 852[2][3] – 6 May 932),[2][4] courtesy name Jumei, childhood name Poliu, also known by his temple name as the King Taizu of Wuyue (吳越太祖), was the founding king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China.[7] He was originally a warlord of the late Tang dynasty.
- ^ When Qian Liu's "reign" began depends on one's perspective. The traditional view uses 907 because that was the end of the Tang dynasty, when the empire was considered to have splintered into many parts, with Qian's Wuyue state being one and because Zhu Wen (Emperor Taizu of Later Liang) created him the Prince of Wuyue that year. Other potential dates are 902 (when Qian was created the Prince of Yue (越王)), 908 (when Qian began to use his era name of Tianbao rather than Emperor Taizu's Kaiping era name), or 923 (when Emperor Taizu's successor Zhu Youzhen created Qian the Guowang of Wuyue (吳越國王) and exempted him from referring to himself as the Jiedushi of the two circuits under his control).
- ^ a b c d Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ a b Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 77.
- ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.
- ^ Adopted the era name of Tang. 907 was the 4th year of Tiānyòu.
- ^ a b c d Adopted the era name of Later Liang.
- ^ Qian Liu's title was Wang (王) in Chinese, which could be translated as either "Prince" or "King" in English. The translation of "Prince" will be used here initially when he was created the Wang of Pengcheng, then of Nankang, then of Yue, then of Wu, by the Tang dynasty; then also when he was created the Wang of Wuyue by Later Liang. The translation of "King" will be used after he was created the Guowang (literally, "State King/Prince") of Wuyue by the Later Liang emperor Zhu Youzhen, a title that carried for the rest of his life as a vassal of Later Liang and its successor Later Tang.