Minyue
Minyue | |||||||||
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| 306 BC–110 BC | |||||||||
The location of Minyue | |||||||||
Map of Minyue | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Dongye (東冶, modern Fuzhou) Minwangcheng (闽王城, modern day Chengcun village, Wuyishan) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Minyue language Old Chinese | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• – before 192 BC | Wuzhu (無諸) | ||||||||
• ? – 135 BC | Ying (郢) | ||||||||
• 135 BC – ？ | Chou (丑) | ||||||||
• 135 – 110 BC | Yushan (餘善) | ||||||||
• 110 BC – 110 BC | Jugu (居股) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 306 BC | ||||||||
• Defeated and annexed by the Han dynasty | 110 BC | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 110 BC estimate | 400,000 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | People's Republic of China ∟ Fujian (majority) Republic of China ∟ Fuchien (Kinmen and Matsu) | ||||||||
| Minyue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 閩越 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 闽越 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minyue (Chinese: 閩越; Pinyin: Mǐnyuè, Mínyuè) was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China. It was a contemporary of the Han dynasty, and was later annexed by the Han empire as the dynasty expanded southward. The kingdom existed approximately from 306 BC to 110 BC.