Wang Yanjun

Also known as Wang Lin · Min Huizong

Wang Yanjun was the second son of Wang Shenzhi, founder of the Min state in Fujian, whose eldest son Wang Yanhan succeeded to power. Early in 927 Wang Yanjun joined forces with Wang Shenzhi's adopted son Wang Yanbing to attack Fuzhou; Wang Yanbing killed Wang Yanhan and installed Wang Yanjun as acting commander of the Weiwu army, a post the Later Tang soon confirmed along with the title Prince of Min. When Wang Yanbing marched against him in 931 he defeated, captured and executed him. In 933 he received the regalia in the Baohuang Palace and declared himself emperor of Great Min with the era name Longqi, changing his personal name to Lin; he came to rely on the Daoist Chen Shouyuan and made his favorite, Chen Jinfeng, empress. In November 935, as he lay ill, his son Wang Jipeng and the palace commander Li Fang launched a coup, and he was killed by palace attendants; he was given the temple name Huizong.