* Qian Liu

Tao Qian received the support of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, but even then it seemed as if Cao Cao's superior forces would overrun Xu Province entirely.

Tao Qian died in the same year, leaving his province to Liu Bei.

* Qian Liu

* Mi Zhu, adviser first to Tao Qian, and later Liu Bei

* The Wuyue State is founded by Qian Liu in Hangzhou.

* Qian Fei Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty ( d. 465 )

* Qian Fei Di, then Ming Di becomes ruler of the Liu Song Dynasty after his nephew is assassinated.

* Qian Fei Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty ( b. 449 )

* Qian Liu at Hangzhou ( modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang province ), precursor to Wuyue

It was founded by Qian Liu, who set up his capital at Xifu ( modern-day Hangzhou ).

Qian Liu was named the Prince of Yue by the Tang emperor in 902 ; the Prince of Wu was added in 904.

Liu Bei becomes the governor of Xu Province after Tao Qian passes on the post to him.

Tao Qian, the governor of the region, falls ill and requests that Liu Bei assume his position.

At the time, there were two opposing alliances — Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan on one side, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao the other.

Tian Kai and Liu Bei led their armies to support Tao Qian.

Tao Qian asked Liu Bei to station his army in nearby Xiaopei ( present day Pei County, Jiangsu ) and gave him 4, 000 more troops, in addition to 1, 000 or so troops and some Wuhuan cavalry already under his command.

Thus, Liu Bei deserted his supervisor Tian Kai for Tao Qian.

Zhang Fei, who was left behind by Liu to guard Xiapi ( capital of Xu Province ), killed Cao Bao ( chancellor of Xiapi when Tao Qian was still in charge of Xu Province ) after an intense quarrel.

Knowing that he still had a plenty of spies and cohort inside the imperial capital, Liu Bei sent his messenger, Sun Qian, to Yuan Shao to request an immediate attack be launched against Cao Cao.

* Consort Qian ( 謙妃 ; 1714 – 1767 ) née Liu ; bore Yongzheng's youngest son Hongyan.

In 194, Liu Bei succeeded Tao Qian as governor of Xu Province.

Thus in Baozheng 2nd year ( 927 ), the emperor of Wuyue Kingdom, Qian Liu, installed a lake-dredging army of 1, 000 to mow grasses and deepen springs, and preserved the water body of the lake.

Individuals such as Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Wang Shu worked hand in hand with Hongzhi thus creating a seldom-witnessed atmosphere of cooperation within the government.

They were, however, defeated by Liu Yu's brother Liu Daogui ( 劉道規 ), and Huan Qian was killed.

In 2010, three new buildings were appended to the west of the existing campus, including a state-of-the-art library, named after the former headmaster and academician, Qian Lingxi.

The disheartened garrison in Beijing was under the command of the new commander Yu Qian who soon turned this unfavourable situation into a positive one.

Meanwhile, to placate Qian, then-reigning Emperor Zhaozong ( Emperor Xizong's brother and successor ) created Qian the Baron of Wuxing, and in 892 gave him the title of the defender of a new Wusheng Circuit ( 武勝 ) with its headquarters at Hang Prefecture, as well as governor ( 觀察使, Guanchashi ) of the Su-Hang region and created him the Marquess of Pengcheng.

Qiao Zong then, after approval from Yao Xing, attacked Jing Province ( 荊州, modern Hubei and Hunan ) with Huan Qian and the Later Qin general Gou Lin ( 苟林 ).

Later, Lu Qian and the warden set fire to the depot in an attempt to kill Lin.

Fan Ye used a number of earlier histories, including accounts by Sima Qian and Ban Gu, along with many others ( some had similar names, such as the Han Records of the Eastern Lodge by various contemporaries throughout the 2nd century, and the Records of Later Han by Yuan Hong from the 4th century ), most of which did not survive intact.

( This cut off the route that Qian used for paying tributes to Later Liang, and from this point on he was forced to use the sea route to do so.

However, even though Yang Longyan and Xu Wen both repeatedly wrote Qian to urge him to declare independence from Later Liang, Qian refused.

In 923, Zhu Youzhen sent his official Cui Xie to create Qian Liu the greater title of King of Wuyue, signifying the Later Liang emperor's recognition of Qian as a sovereign of his own state albeit as a Later Liang vassal.

Qian thereafter began to take on styles that were similar to, but slightly lower status to, the Later Liang emperor, including referring to his residence as a palace, referring to his place of administration as a court, and referring to his orders as edicts.

Qian Liu did not immediately react to Later Liang's destruction, but in late 924 offered tribute to Emperor Zhuangzong.

Qian submitted a large tribute, and gave many gifts to powerful Later Tang politicians.

Further, after Emperor Mingzong's emissaries to Wuyue, Wu Zhaoyu ( 烏昭遇 ) and Han Mei ( 韓玫 ) returned to Later Tang on a mission, Han accused Wu Zhaoyu of bowing to Qian and revealing state secrets to Qian.

Thereafter, Emperor MIngzong ordered Qian to retire with the title of Taishi ( 太師 ) and stripped him of all other titles, and further ordered that the Later Tang circuits arrest all Wuyue emissaries.

In 930, Qian, as Pei Yu ( 裴羽 ), the emissary that Emperor Mingzong had sent to create Wang Shenzhi's son and successor Wang Yanjun the Prince of Min was returning to Later Tang, wrote an apologetic petition and gave it to Pei to submit to Emperor Mingzong ; in response, Emperor Mingzong released the Wuyue emissaries, but did not restore Qian's titles.

Meanwhile, Liu was dissatisfied that he was only given the title of Prince of Nanping, while another Later Liang vassal, Qian Liu, carried the greater title of Prince of Wuyue.