Southern Han

Han / Yue 漢 / 越
917–971
Southern Han (dark blue)
Capital	Xingwang Fu (Guangzhou)
Common languages	Middle Chinese
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 917–941	Emperor Gaozu
• 941–943	Emperor Shangdi
• 943–958	Emperor Zhongzong
• 958–971	Emperor Houzhu
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Established	917
• Renamed from "Yue" to "Han"	918
• Ended by the Song dynasty	971
Preceded by Succeeded by Tang dynasty Song dynasty Ngô dynasty
Today part of	China Vietnam

Southern Han (Chinese: 南漢; pinyin: Nán Hàn; Jyutping: Naam⁴ Hon³; 917–971), officially Han (Chinese: 漢), originally Yue (Chinese: 越), was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms that existed during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was located on China's southern coast, controlling modern Guangdong and Guangxi. The dynasty greatly expanded its capital Xingwang Fu (Chinese: 興王府; pinyin: Xìngwáng Fǔ; Jyutping: Hing¹wong⁴ Fu², present-day Guangzhou). It attempted but failed to annex the autonomous polity of Jinghai, which was controlled by the Vietnamese.