dynasty death_date given_name family_name birth_date article_title
former shu 926 initially , 925 zōngyǎn -lrb- 宗衍 -rrb- , -- december 15 wáng -lrb- 王 -rrb- 899 wang yan -lrb- former shu -rrb-

wang yan -lrb- former shu -rrb-

wang yan -lrb- 王衍 -rrb- -lrb- 899-926 -rrb- , né wang zongyan -lrb- 王宗衍 -rrb- , courtesy name huayuan -lrb- 化源 -rrb- , also known as houzhu -lrb- 後主 , `` later lord '' -rrb- , later posthumously created the duke of shunzheng -lrb- 順正公 -rrb- by later tang , was the second and final emperor of the chinese five dynasties and ten kingdoms period state former shu .
he was the youngest son of former shu 's first emperor wang jian -lrb- emperor gaozu -rrb- , but became his heir because his mother consort xu was wang jian 's favorite concubine and was able to gain the support of the chancellor zhang ge .
wang yan 's reign was traditionally considered one of decadence , corruption , and incompetence .
in 925 , his state was conquered by its northeastern neighbor later tang .
wang yan surrendered to the later tang army , but was later killed by emperor zhuangzong of later tang .
