Han / Yue | |||||||||||
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| 917–971 | |||||||||||
 Southern Han (dark blue) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Xingwang Fu (Guangzhou) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Middle Chinese | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||
• 917–941 | Emperor Gaozu | ||||||||||
• 941–943 | Emperor Shangdi | ||||||||||
• 943–958 | Emperor Zhongzong | ||||||||||
• 958–971 | Emperor Houzhu | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period | ||||||||||
• Established | 917 | ||||||||||
• Renamed from "Yue" to "Han" | 918 | ||||||||||
• Ended by the Song dynasty | 971 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | China Vietnam | ||||||||||
| Southern Han | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 南漢 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南汉 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | South Han | ||||||||||||
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Southern Han (Chinese: 南漢; pinyin: Nán Hàn; Jyutping: Naam4 Hon3; 917–971), officially Han (Chinese: 漢), originally Yue (Chinese: 越), was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms that existed during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was located on China's southern coast, controlling modern Guangdong and Guangxi. The dynasty greatly expanded its capital Xingwang Fu (Chinese: 興王府; pinyin: Xìngwáng Fǔ; Jyutping: Hing1wong4 Fu2, present-day Guangzhou). It attempted but failed to annex the autonomous polity of Jinghai, which was controlled by the Vietnamese.