Five Dynasties · Warlord

Wu Quan 吳權

Attested AD 937 - AD 945

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Quan was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 937 to AD 945 吳權據交州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 148

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wu Changji (昌岌)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 150

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 3 passages

昌濬者，權子也。 Changjun was the son of Wu Quan.

權自龑時據交州，龑遣洪操攻之，洪操戰死，遂棄不復攻。 Quan had held Jiaozhou since Yan’s time; Yan sent Hongcao to attack him, Hongcao died in battle, and the court abandoned further attacks.

權死，子昌岌立，昌岌卒，弟昌濬立，始稱臣於晟。 When Quan died his son Changji succeeded; when Changji died his younger brother Changjun succeeded and first declared himself a subject to Sheng.