Wang Yanhan

King Si of Min
閩嗣王
King of Great Min (大閩國王)
ReignNovember 13, 926 – January 14, 927
PredecessorWang Shenzhi
SuccessorWang Yanjun
Jiedushi of Weiwu Circuit
(威武軍節度使)
TenureNovember 13, 926[1][2] – January 14, 927
(Acting: December 30, 925[3] – November 13, 926)
PredecessorWang Shenzhi
SuccessorWang Yanhan
Bornunknown
DiedJanuary 14, 927[1][2]
Burial
in modern Jin'an District, Fuzhou
Full name
Era name and dates
Tiancheng (天成) (adopted the Later Tang's era name): 926
Posthumous name
King Si (嗣王)
HouseWang
DynastyMin

Wang Yanhan (Chinese: 王延翰) (died January 14, 927), courtesy name Ziyi (子逸), also known by his posthumous name as the King Si of Min (閩嗣王), was a ruler of Min during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China. He ruled briefly after the death of his father Wang Shenzhi (Prince Zhongyi) without a regal title, but later declared himself king.[4] Just two months after declaring himself king, he was overthrown and killed in a revolt by his adoptive brother Wang Yanbing and younger biological brother Wang Yanjun. Wang Yanjun took over the state thereafter.

  1. ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 275.
  2. ^ a b Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  3. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 274.
  4. ^ Wang Yanhan's self-declared title, in Chinese, was Guowang (國王), which is translated as "king" here in opposition to a bare title of Wang (王), which, while translatable as either "prince" or "king," will be translated as "prince" to show its lower status to Guowang.