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Wang Jian, King of Shu, courtesy name Guangtu, was a native of Wuyang in Xuzhou. At the beginning of Emperor Xizong's reign in Tang, Chen Jingxuan was Military Governor of Xichuan, and the Palace Attendant Tian Lingzi served as army supervisor. They summoned Jian, wishing to bring him under their banner. Jingxuan grew suspicious and stopped him. Jian was enraged, attacked Chengdu with troops, and killed Jingxuan and the others. Zhaozong conferred upon him the post of Military Commissioner of Xichuan. Liang received the abdication from Tang. In the ninth month of the first year of Kaiping, Wang Jian ascended the imperial throne, naming his dynasty Great Shu. The next year he changed the reign era to Wucheng.