Southern Tang - Rulers

Rulers

Sovereigns in Southern Tang Kingdom 937-975
Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miao4 hao4) Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 ) Personal Names Period of Reigns Reign periods (Nian Hao 年號) and Western equivalents
Convention for this kingdom only : Nan (Southern) Tang + posthumous names. Hou Zhu was referred to as Li Hou Zhu|李後主 Lǐ Hòu Zhǔ.
先主 Xiān Zhǔ or Liè Zǔ|烈祖 Liè Zǔ Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign 李昪 Lǐ Biàn 937-943 Shengyuan (昇元 Shēng Yuán) 937-943
中主 Zhōng Zhǔ or Yuan Zong|元宗 yuán zōng Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign 李璟 Lǐ Jǐng 943-961 Baoda (保大 Bǎo Dà) 943-958

Jiaotai (交泰 Jiāo Tài) 958
Zhongxing (中興 Zhōng Xīng) 958
Hou Zhu|後主 Hòu Zhǔ or 吳王 Wú Wáng None 李煜 Lǐ Yù 961-975 (Under Li Yu, the Southern Tang did not have its own titles for reign periods)

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