Yin (Five Dynasties period)
Great Yin 大殷 | |||||||||
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| 943–945 | |||||||||
Map of Yin, 943 | |||||||||
Map of Yin, early 945 | |||||||||
| Capital | Jian Prefecture (modern Jian'ou) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Middle Chinese Medieval Min | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
• 943–945 | Wang Yanzheng | ||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period | ||||||||
• Rebellion of Yin by Wang Yanzheng | 943 | ||||||||
• Ended by Southern Tang | 945 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
The Yin (Chinese: 殷; pinyin: Yīn), officially the Great Yin (大殷), was a short-lived Empire during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the time between the fall of the Tang dynasty and the foundation of the Song dynasty.