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Zhou Dewei

d. 918 · 10th century

Zhou Dewei (died 918) was a leading general of the Shatuo state of Jin in northern China during the transition from the Tang to the Five Dynasties. Sent by Li Cunxu against the Yan empire of Liu Shouguang in 911, he took Youzhou in 913 and then governed the region. He was killed at the Battle of Huliu Slope against Later Liang in 918.

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Yan (Five Dynasties)

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