Five Dynasties · Ruler and Warlord

Wang Yanjun 王延鈞

Wáng Yánjūn

Died AD 935

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yanjun was a ruler and Warlord.

Life and dates

Death

AD 935 去年十月十四日
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 30

Attested activity

AD 935 去年十月十四日
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 30

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Chang (王昶)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 31

Career and standing

military governor of Fujian circuit 節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 30
usurped rule in Min while styling himself a court vassal 僭竊於閩嶺猶稱藩於朝廷
Usurper vassal
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 31

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 30
At Min ranges 閩嶺 · Relation Ruled in
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 31

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 2 passages

辛丑，權知福建節度使王昶奏，節度使王延鈞以去年十月十四日卒。 On xinchou Wang Chang, acting military governor of Fujian circuit, reported that military governor Wang Yanjun had died on the fourteenth day of the tenth month of the previous year.

是時延鈞父子雖僭竊於閩嶺，猶稱藩於朝廷，故有是奏。 At that time, although Yanjun and his son had seized power in the Min ranges, they still styled themselves vassals of the court; hence this report.