Yang Longyan

Emperor Gaozu of Yang Wu
楊吳高祖
Prince of Wu
Prince of Wu (吳王)
Reign910 – June 17, 920
PredecessorProclaimed the prince of Wu
SuccessorYang Pu
RegentXu Wen
Commandery Prince of Hongnong
(弘農郡王)
ReignJune 10, 908[1][2] – 910
PredecessorYang Wo
SuccessorProclaimed the prince of Wu
RegentZhang Hao (908)
Xu Wen
Born897[3]
DiedJune 17, 920 (Aged 22-23) [4][1]
Burial
Su Mausoleum (肅陵; presumptively in modern Yizheng, Jiangsu)
Full name
Era dates
Tianyou (天祐): 908 – May 3, 919[5]
Wǔyì (武義): May 3, 919[1][6] – 921
Posthumous name
Prince Xuān (宣王) (initially; lit. "responsible")
later Emperor Xuan (宣皇帝) (honored by Yang Pu)
Temple name
Gāozǔ (高祖) (honored by Yang Pu)
DynastyYang Wu

Yang Longyan (楊隆演) (897[3] – June 17, 920[4][1]), né Yang Ying (楊瀛), also known as Yang Wei (楊渭), courtesy name Hongyuan (鴻源), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Yang Wu (楊吳高祖), was a monarch of the Yang Wu dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning initially as the Commandery Prince of Hongnong and later as the Prince of Wu. Throughout his reign, the governance of the Yang Wu state was under the effective control of the regent Xu Wen.

  1. ^ a b c d Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 266.
  3. ^ a b New History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 61.
  4. ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 271.
  5. ^ 908 was the 5th year of Tianyou. Until 919, Wu continued to use the Tianyou era name of the defunct Tang dynasty.
  6. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 270.