Five Dynasties · King then Emperor of Min

Wang Yanjun 王延鈞

Wáng Yánjūn

Attested AD 926 - AD 933

Passages: 17
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yanjun was a king then Emperor of Min.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Lin	鏻	Lín

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 931 長興二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 47
AD 932 長興三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 186
AD 926 十二月延鈞立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 40-41
AD 933 改元龍啟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 57

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Shenzhi (王審知)
second son 次子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 42
Parent of Wang Jipeng (王繼鵬)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 54
Sibling of Wang Yanhan (王延翰)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 38

Career and standing

Quanzhou prefect 泉州刺史
AD 926 延翰立 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 38
military governor 節度使
AD 926 延鈞立後 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 43
Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 43
Honorary Grand Preceptor 檢校太師
Granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 43
King of Min 閩王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 43
Proclaimed
AD 933 龍啟 · Emperor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 57

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AD 926 十二月延鈞立
King
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 41
AD 933 改元龍啟
Emperor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 57
Temporary abdication
AD 933 寶皇命王少避其位
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 53-54

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 43
Polity Min 閩 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 57
At Fuzhou / Changle 福州 / 長樂府 · Relation Capital
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 58
Organization Precious Imperial Palace 寶皇宮 · Relation Built for advisor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 52

Learning and skills

Belief spirits and Daoism 鬼神、道家之說 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 52

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 186
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 49

Events and relationships

Cut off tribute
AD 932 長興三年 · Diplomatic · Ruler
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 187
Requested Shangshu ling
AD 932 長興三年 · Diplomatic · Petitioner
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 186
Seized and killed
AD 926 十二月 · Military · Co conspirator · With Wang Yanhan (王延翰)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 39-40
Relation Patron of · Person Chen Shouyuan (陳守元)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 52

Source notes

From Yanjun 延鈞 · To Lin 鏻
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 41

References in the histories

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History

17 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 17 passages

延翰立，以其弟延鈞為泉州刺史，延鈞怒。 After Yanhan came to power he appointed his younger brother Yanjun prefect of Quanzhou, a slight that enraged Yanjun.

十二月，延稟、延鈞皆以兵入，執延翰殺之。 In the twelfth month Yanbin and Yanjun marched in with their armies, seized Yanhan, and put him to death.

而延鈞立，更名鏻。 Yanjun then assumed rule and changed his personal name to Lin.

鏻，審知次子也。 Lin was Shenzhi's second son.

唐即拜鏻節度使，累加檢校太師、中書令，封閩王。 The Tang court promptly appointed Lin military governor and successively honored him with the honorary titles Grand Preceptor and Director of the Secretariat, enfeoffing him as King of Min.

初，延稟與鏻之謀殺延翰也，延稟之兵先至，已執延翰而殺之，膽日鏻兵始至，延稟自以養子，推鏻而立之。 When Yanbin and Lin had plotted to kill Yanhan, Yanbin's forces arrived first and had already seized and executed him. Lin's troops came only the following day. As an adopted son, Yanbin deferred and set Lin on the throne.

延稟還建州，鏻餞於郊，延稟臨訣謂鏻曰：「善繼先誌，毋煩老兄復來！」 Yanbin returned to Jianzhou, and Lin escorted him to the outskirts of the city. At their farewell Yanbin told him, "Uphold our forefathers' legacy—and do not make your elder brother march here again!"

鏻銜之。 Lin nursed a grudge over the remark.

長興二年，延稟率兵擊鏻，攻其西門，使其子繼雄轉海攻其南門，鏻遣王仁達拒之。 In the second year of Changxing, Yanbin marched against Lin, assaulting the western gate while his son Jixiong sailed around to attack the southern gate. Lin sent Wang Renda to meet them.

鏻誚之曰：「予不能繼先誌，果煩老兄復來！」 Lin taunted him: "So I failed to uphold our forefathers' legacy, and your elder brother really did have to come again!"

長興三年，鏻上書言：「楚王馬殷、吳越王錢鏐皆為尚書令，今皆已薨，請授臣尚書令。」 In the third year of Changxing, Lin memorialized: "King Ma Yin of Chu and King Qian Liu of Wuyue were both Directors of the Secretariat; both are now dead—please grant me that office."

唐不報，鏻遂絕朝貢。 The Tang court did not reply, and Lin cut off tribute.

鏻好鬼神、道家之說，道士陳守元以左道見信，建寶皇宮以居之。 Lin was devoted to spirits and Daoist lore. The Daoist Chen Shouyuan won his confidence through occult practices, and Lin built the Precious Imperial Palace for him to live in.

守元謂鏻曰：「寶皇命王少避其位，後當為六十年天子。」 Shouyuan told Lin, "The Precious Emperor orders you to step aside for a time. Afterward you will reign as Son of Heaven for sixty years."

鏻欣然遜位，命其子繼鵬權主府事。 Delighted, Lin abdicated and put his son Jipeng in charge of government affairs.

鏻乃即皇帝位，受冊於寶皇，以黃龍見真封宅，改元為龍啟，國號閩。 Lin thereupon declared himself emperor, received his mandate from the Precious Emperor, took up residence in the Yellow Dragon Manifest Truth palace, adopted the era name Dragon Inception, and proclaimed the state of Min.

鏻使彥視鬼於宮中。 Lin ordered Yan to divine for ghosts within the palace.