Wang Shifan

Who is Wang Shifan?

Wang Shifan was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who ruled Pinglu Circuit from 889 to 905. He was initially a vassal of the powerful military governor of Xuanwu Circuit, Zhu Quanzhong, but rose against Zhu in 903 in response to an edict issued by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. After he was defeated by Zhu, he resubmitted to Zhu. In 908, by which point Zhu had taken over the Tang throne and established a new Later Liang as its Emperor Taizu, in response to the plea by the wife of Emperor Taizu's nephew Zhu Youning, who was killed in Wang's resistance campaign, Emperor Taizu ordered that Wang and his entire family be executed.