Five Dynasties and Ten States
The Ten States
十国The Ten States in the Five Dynasties period included the state of Wu founded by Yang Xingmi, the state of Wuyue by Qian Liu,
五代时期的十国包括由杨行密建立的吴、钱镠建立的吴越、
the state of Southern Han by Liu Yin, the state of Chu by Ma Yin, the state of Former Shu by Wang Jian and finally, the state of Min by Wang Shenzhi.
刘隐建立的南汉、马殷建立的楚、王建建立的前蜀以及王审知建立的闵国。These states were established about the time when the Later Liang was founded.
这些国家大概建于后梁立国之后。The founders of these states formerly had all been garrison commanders during the later part of the Tang Dynasty.
国家的创立者以前都是唐朝末期的戍边将领。Gao Jixing, a garrison commander during the period of the Later Liang had been exterminated.
后梁时期的一位边关将领高季兴建立的国家被消灭了。The state was the smallest among the Ten States.
他的国家是十国之中最小的。The state of Later Shu founded by Meng Zhixiang, the state of Southern Tang by Xu Zhigao,
孟知祥建立的后蜀、徐志高建立的南唐and the state of Northern Han by Liu Chong appeared somewhat later than the others,
以及刘崇建立的北汉比其他国家都出现得晚一些，as they were established, respectively, towards the end of the Later Tang, early during the Later Jin, and early during the Later Zhou.
它们分别被建立于后唐末期、后晋初期和后周早期。