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Liu Yan (Southern Han)
Liu Yan (889–942) was the founding emperor of Southern Han, one of the Ten Kingdoms of 10th-century China. Succeeding his brother Liu Yin as military governor of Lingnan at Guangzhou, he proclaimed himself emperor of Great Yue in 917 and renamed the state Han in 918. His prosperous realm lived on the sea trade, though his rule was noted for harsh punishments.
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