Yang Wo

Emperor Liezu of Yang Wu
楊吳烈祖
Commandery Prince of Hongnong
Commandery Prince of Hongnong
(弘農郡王)
Reign905[1] or
May 12, 907[2][3] – June 9, 908
PredecessorYang Xingmi as Prince of Wu
SuccessorYang Longyan
Born886[4]
DiedJune 9, 908(908-06-09) (aged 21–22)[2][5]
Burial
Shao Mausoleum (紹陵, presumptively in modern Yizheng, Jiangsu)
Full name
Era dates
Tiānyòu (天祐): 905–908[6]
Posthumous name
Initially Prince Wēi (威王, lit. "fierce"),
later Prince Jǐng (景王, lit. "decisive"),
finally Emperor Jǐng (景皇帝) (honored by Yang Pu)
Temple name
Lìezǔ (烈祖) (honored by Yang Pu)
HouseYang
DynastyYang Wu

Yang Wo (Chinese: 楊渥) (886[4] – June 9, 908[2][5]), courtesy name Chengtian, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Liezu of Yang Wu (楊吳烈祖), was the first independent ruler of the Chinese Yang Wu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning as the Commandery Prince of Hongnong.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian. Vol. 265.
  2. ^ a b c "Chinese-Western Calendar Converter". Academia Sinica.
  3. ^ The start of Yang Wo's reign as the Prince of Hongnong depends on one's view of what constitutes "reigning." Yang Wo was, after the death of his father Yang Xingmi, created the Prince of Hongnong by Li Yan, as representative of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, but the title was a Tang vassal title. In 907, Tang ended by virtue of Zhu Quanzhong's seizure of the throne from Emperor Zhaozong's son Emperor Ai, but Yang Wo, along with several other Tang vassals, refused to recognize Zhu's Later Liang. Therefore, he could be regarded to be an independent ruler starting from that date.
  4. ^ a b New History of the Five Dynasties. Vol. 61.
  5. ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian. Vol. 266.
  6. ^ Adopted the era name of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. 905 was the 2nd year of Tiānyòu.