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Gongsun Shu
Gongsun Shu was a governor in Sichuan who, after the fall of Wang Mang, proclaimed himself emperor at Chengdu in 25 CE, ruling the state of Chengjia as the White Emperor. He held the Sichuan basin for eleven years against the restored Han dynasty, until the armies of Emperor Guangwu reached Chengdu in 36 CE; he was mortally wounded in the fighting and the city fell.
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