Lu Yanchang (盧延昌) (died 911) was a ruler of the Qian Prefecture (虔州, in modern

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) region early in the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He inherited his position from his father

Lu Guangchou Lu Guangchou (盧光稠) (died 910) was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty and who nominally submitted to both the succeeding Later Liang and Later Liang's rival Wu after the end of Tang, who controlled the Qian Prefecture (虔州, in mod ...

, who had ruled the region for 25 years, but himself ruled only from 910 to 911 before being assassinated and succeeded by his officer Li Qiu.

Background

It is not known when or where Lu Yanchang was born, but it is known that his father

was from Nankang (南康, in modern

). By 895, Lu Guangchou, who was then an agrarian rebel leader, had taken over Qian Prefecture and taken the title of prefect.''

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'', vol. 256. In 902, after Lu Guangchou conquered Shao Prefecture (韶州, in modern

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), he had Lu Yangchang govern it as prefect. When Lu Guangchou was subsequently repelled in his attack on Chao Prefecture (潮州, in modern

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) by Liu Yin the acting military governor of Qinghai Circuit (清海, headquartered in modern

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), Liu attacked Shao Prefecture, but was defeated in an ambush by Lu Guangchou's officer

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, allowing Lu Guangchou to retain Shao.''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 263.

As ruler of Qian Prefecture

Lu Yanchang remained the prefect of Shao Prefecture until 910, when Lu Guangchou died. Before Lu Guangchou's death, he had initially wanted to pass his position to Tan Quanbo, but Tan declined. When Lu Yanchang subsequently arrived to mourn his father's death, Tan supported him to succeed Lu Guangchou and continued to serve under him. Lu Yanchang thereafter remained at Qian Prefecture, and his positions were confirmed by the rulers of two states that were rivals to each other but to both of whom Lu Guangchou had nominally submitted — Later Liang's Emperor Taizu, and Wu's

Yang Longyan Yang Longyan () (897 – June 17, 920), né Yang Ying (), also known as Yang Wei (), courtesy name Hongyuan (), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Yang Wu (), was a monarch of the Yang Wu dynasty of China during the Five Dyna ...

. Yang Longyan bestowed the title of prefect of Qian on Lu Yanchang, which he accepted, but he submitted a petition through

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the Prince of

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— a vassal of Later Liang — stating:''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 267. Emperor Taizu thereafter bestowed on Lu the title of acting military governor of Zhennan Circuit (鎮南, headquartered in modern

Nanchang Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strate ...

, which was then Wu territory). Lu had his officer Liao Shuang (廖爽) succeed him as the prefect of Shao. After Lu took over as prefect of Qian, however, he was said to devote his time to games and hunts. In 911, his officer Li Qiu killed him and seized his position.''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 268.

Notes and references

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