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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms五代十国
907 – 960
A fifty-year interlude of warlord states between Tang and Song.
States of this period
The 15 states this heading covers, in rough date order.
Five dynasties
- 后梁Later Liang 907 – 923
- 后唐Later Tang 923 – 936
- 后晋Later Jin 936 – 947
- 后汉Later Han 947 – 951
- 后周Later Zhou 951 – 960
Ten kingdoms
- 前蜀Former Shu 907 – 925
- 后蜀Later Shu 934 – 965
- 南吴Yang Wu 902 – 937
- 南唐Southern Tang 937 – 976
- 吴越Wuyue 907 – 978
- 闽Min 909 – 945
- 南楚Ma Chu 907 – 951
- 南汉Southern Han 917 – 971
- 南平Jingnan 924 – 963
- 北汉Northern Han 951 – 979
No entries under this heading yet — the states it covers are listed above.
Contemporary regimes
States that existed at the same time as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in whole or in part.