| Tiande Emperor of Min 閩天德帝 | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor of Yin Emperor of Min | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor of Min | |||||||||||||
| Reign | February or March 945 – October 2, 945[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Zhu Wenjin (as King of Min) | ||||||||||||
| Successor | None | ||||||||||||
| Emperor of Yin | |||||||||||||
| Reign | March or April 943 – February or March 945 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | None | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Crowned as the Emperor of Min | ||||||||||||
| Died | 951?[3][4] Nanjing? | ||||||||||||
| Wife | Empress Zhang | ||||||||||||
| Issue | Wang Jiyi (王繼沂) Two daughters | ||||||||||||
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| House | Wang | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Yin (943–945) Min (945) | ||||||||||||
| Father | Wang Shenzhi | ||||||||||||
Wang Yanzheng (Chinese: 王延政) (died 951?[3][4]), also known by his era name as the Tiande Emperor (天德帝), posthumous name Prince Gongyi of Fu (福恭懿王), was the founder and only emperor of Yin, who later became the last monarch of Min, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China.
In 943, he, then in civil war with his brother Wang Yanxi (Emperor Jingzong), declared himself emperor of a new Yin dynasty at his power base at Jian Prefecture (建州, in modern Nanping, Fujian), but after Wang Yanxi was killed by the general Zhu Wenjin, who was himself assassinated thereafter, Wang Yanzheng claimed the title of Emperor of Min, thereby putting an end to the state of Yin. His reign would last less than three years overall, though, as Min's northwestern neighbor Southern Tang bore down militarily on him and forced his surrender, thus ending Min.
- ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 285.
- ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ a b Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, vol. 92.
- ^ a b The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms indicated that Wang Yanzheng died shortly after the Southern Tang emperor Li Jing created him the Prince of Guangshan in 951, implying that he died that year, but does not completely clearly stating so.