Fall of the Tang

Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms Period (907-960)

Fall of the Tang

Huang Chao (d. 884)

Rebellion 874-84

Henan famine, 875

Sacked Canton (Guangzhou) 879

Held Chang’an 880-83

Zhu Wen

Captured emperor in 904

Tang Aidi (892-908, r. 904-7)

Founded Later Liang, 907

“Virtuous Succession”

Killed Tang Aidi, 908

Environmental Factors?

See figure on page 76 of linked article.

*The Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms

Map

“Legitimate” Five Dynasties in north

Later Liang 907-923

Later Tang (Shatuo Turks) 923-936

Later Jin 936-947

Later Han 947-950

Later Zhou 951-960

Illegitimate “Ten Kingdoms” of south

Wu (907–37)

Wuyue (907–78)

Min (909–45)

Chu (907–51)

Southern Han (917–71)

Former Shu (907–25)

Later Shu (934–65)

Jingnan (924–63)

Southern Tang (937–75)

Traditional legitimacy

Imperial seals

Modern legitimacy

United Nations membership

PRC vs. Taiwan flip-flop in 1971

Economic Development of South

Immigrants & refugees

Labor & capital

Example of Wuyue Kingdom

Agricultural Corps (yingtian jun 營田軍) in Suzhou enrolling 7–8,000 men

New crops

Champa Rice

Expanded domestic & international markets

Intan Shipwreck, ca. 950

Intan artifacts