Xu Wen

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Who is Xu Wen?

Xu Wen, courtesy name Dunmei, formally Prince Zhongwu of Qi, later further posthumously honored Emperor Wu with the temple name Yizu by his adoptive son Xu Zhigao after Xu Zhigao founded the state of Southern Tang, was a major general and regent of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Wu. He took over the reins of the Wu state after assassinating, with his colleague Zhang Hao, Yang Wo the first Prince of Hongnong and then killing Zhang, and was in essence the decision-maker throughout the reign of Yang Wo's brother and successor Yang Longyan and the first part of the reign of Yang Longyan's brother and successor Yang Pu. After his death, Xu Zhigao would inherit his position as regent, eventually seizing the Wu throne and establishing Southern Tang.

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