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Liu Yin (Southern Han)

874–911 · 9th century

Liu Yin (874–911) was a Chinese general of the late Tang dynasty who became military governor of Lingnan at Guangzhou in the early 10th century. From a family enriched by the southern trade, he built up an autonomous regional power that the Later Liang dynasty recognised by making him Prince of Nanhai. After his death his brother Liu Yan turned it into the Southern Han kingdom.

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