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Xu Wen
Xu Wen was a general of the Wu kingdom of the Ten Kingdoms period. After Yang Xingmi's death he seized control of the government from the weak Yang heirs and ruled as regent, while his adopted son Xu Zhigao ran affairs from Jinling; in 937 Xu Zhigao took the throne and founded the Southern Tang.
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