Qian Yuanguan

King Shizong of Wuyue
吳越世宗
King of Wuyue
ReignMay 15, 932[1] or May 26, 937[2][3][4] – September 17, 941
PredecessorQian Liu
SuccessorQian Hongzuo
Jiedushi of Zhendong Circuit
(鎮東軍節度使)
Tenure927 – 941
(Acting: 923–927)
PredecessorQian Liu
SuccessorQian Hongzuo
DeputyPi Guangye
Jiedushi of Zhenhai Circuit
(鎮海軍節度使)
Tenure927 – 941
(Acting: 923–927)
PredecessorQian Liu
SuccessorQian Hongzuo
BornNovember 30, 887[5][2]
Hang Prefecture, Tang dynasty
DiedSeptember 17, 941(941-09-17) (aged 53)
Hangzhou, Wuyue
Burial
Tomb of Qian Yuanguan (in modern Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou)
SpouseSee § Family
IssueSee § Family
Full name
Era dates
Adopted the era names of Later Tang:
Changxing (長興): 932[6]–933
Yingshun (應順): 934
Qingtai (清泰): 934–936
Adopted the era name of Later Jin:
Tianfu (天福): 936–941
Posthumous name
King Wénmù (文穆王, "civil and solemn")
Temple name
Shìzōng (世宗)[5][7]
HouseQian
DynastyWuyue
FatherQian Liu
MotherLady Chen

Qian Yuanguan (Chinese: 錢元瓘) (November 30, 887 – September 17, 941[2][8]), born Qian Chuanguan (錢傳瓘), also known by his temple name as the King Shizong of Wuyue (吳越世宗), courtesy name Mingbao (明寶), was the second king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China. He ascended to the throne in 932, when his father Qian Liu (King Taizu) left the state in his hands, to 941. He was the father to all three of Wuyue's subsequent kings.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.
  2. ^ a b c Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  3. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 281.
  4. ^ When Qian Yuanguan started his "reign" depends on the definition of "reign." Qian Yuanguan took full control of the Wuyue domain upon the death of his father Qian Liu in 932, but was not created and did not use the title of King of Wuyue (which his father had carried by creation by emperors of Later Liang and Later Tang) until 937.
  5. ^ a b Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 79.
  6. ^ 932 was the 3rd year of Changxing.
  7. ^ The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms recorded the Shizong temple name but noted that the use of temple names by Wuyue kings were not fully confirmed.
  8. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 282.