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Meng Zhixiang
Meng Zhixiang was the founder of Later Shu, one of the Ten Kingdoms of tenth-century China. A general of the Later Tang, he was appointed military governor at Chengdu after the conquest of Former Shu in 925, gradually made himself independent, and in 934 declared himself emperor. He died months later and was succeeded by his son Meng Chang.
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