"Nan Tang" and "Nan T'ang" redirect here. For other uses, see Nan Tang (disambiguation).
Tang
唐
937–976
The Southern Tang territorial peak in 951[1]
Capital
Jinling, Guangling[2] (briefly Nanchang)[3]
Common languages
Middle Chinese
Government
Monarchy
Emperor/King
• 937–943
Li Bian
• 943–961
Li Jing
• 961–976
Li Yu
Historical era
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Overthrow of the Yang Wu dynasty
937
• Assumption of the name "Tang"
939
• Conquest of Min
945
• Conquest of Ma Chu
951
• Forced to cede Huainan and become a vassal of Later Zhou
958
• Annexed by the Northern Song dynasty
976
Currency
Chinese coin
Chinese cash
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Yang Wu
Min
Ma Chu
Northern Song
Today part of
China
Southern Tang (Chinese: 南唐; pinyin: Nán Táng) was a dynastic state of China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Located in southern China, the Southern Tang proclaimed itself to be the successor of the Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. At its territorial peak in 951,[1] the Southern Tang controlled the whole of modern Jiangxi, and portions of Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangsu provinces.[4]
The Southern Tang was founded by Li Bian in 937, when he overthrew emperor Yang Pu of Wu. He largely maintained peaceable relations with neighboring states. His son Li Jing did not follow this foreign policy, conquering the Min and Ma Chu dynasties in 945 and 951 respectively.
The Later Zhou dynasty invaded the Southern Tang domain in 956 and defeated them by 958. Li Jing was forced to become a vassal of the Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, cede all territory north of the Yangtze River, and relinquish his title of emperor. In 960, the Southern Tang became a vassal of the newly established Northern Song dynasty. After the Emperor Taizu of Song had defeated the Later Shu and the Southern Han, he ordered the conquest of the Southern Tang, which was completed in 975.
^ abKurz 2016a, p. 37.
^Kurz 2011a, p. 27.
^Kurz 2011, p. 89. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKurz2011 (help)
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