Wang Shenzhi

Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi
Traditional Chinese	王審知
Simplified Chinese	王审知
Hokkien POJ
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Ông Sím-ti
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	Uòng Sīng-dĭ

Full name
	Family name: Wáng (王); Given name: Shěnzhī (審知);
Posthumous name
	Prince Zhōngyì; (忠懿王, "faithful and benevolent"),; later Emperor Zhāowǔxiào; (昭武孝皇帝, "accomplished, martial, and filial")
Temple name
	Tàizǔ (太祖)

Emperor Taizu of Min
閩太祖
Emperor Taizu of Min; 閩太祖
Prince of Min
Prince of Min (閩王)
Reign	April 27, 909 – December 30, 925
Successor	Wang Yanhan
Commandery Prince of Langya; (琅琊郡王)
Reign	904–909
Jiedushi of Weiwu Circuit; (威武軍節度使)
Tenure	898 – 925
Predecessor	Wang Chao
Successor	Wang Yanhan
Born	862; Gushi County, Guāngzhōu Prefecture, Huainan Circuit, Tang
Died	December 30, 925; Fuzhou, Min
Burial	Xuanling Mausoleum (宣陵, in modern Jin'an District, Fuzhou)
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Wáng (王); Given name: Shěnzhī (審知);
Posthumous name
	Prince Zhōngyì; (忠懿王, "faithful and benevolent"),; later Emperor Zhāowǔxiào; (昭武孝皇帝, "accomplished, martial, and filial")
Temple name
	Tàizǔ (太祖)
House	Wang
Dynasty	Min

Wang Shenzhi (Chinese: 王審知; 862 – December 30, 925), courtesy name Xintong (信通) or Xiangqing (詳卿), posthumous name Prince Zhongyi of Min (閩忠懿王) and also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Min (閩太祖), was the founding monarch of Min (now part of the Fujian province, with a capital of Fuzhou) during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning as prince but posthumously promoted to the rank of emperor. He was from Gushi in modern-day Henan.