Wang Xu
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Wang Xu (; d. 886) was a warlord the late
Chinese Tang dynasty, who controlled Guang Prefecture (光州, in modern
Xinyang,
Henan) as its prefect from 881 to 885. Subsequently, faced with material demands from
Qin Zongquan, who had claimed imperial title, which Wang was unable to meet, Wang Xu forced the people and the soldiers of Guang Prefecture to abandon it and follow him in heading south to modern
Fujian. Wang Xu was then overthrown by his subordinate
Wang Chao, who eventually took over Fujian and whose family established the
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state
Min.
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