Qian Yuanguan

Full name
	Family name: Qián (錢); Given name: Initially Chuánguàn (傳瓘),; later Yuánguàn (元瓘) (changed 932);
Era dates
	Adopted the era names of Later Tang:; Changxing (長興): 932–933; Yingshun (應順): 934; Qingtai (清泰): 934–936; Adopted the era name of Later Jin:; Tianfu (天福): 936–941
Posthumous name
	King Wénmù (文穆王, "civil and solemn")
Temple name
	Shìzōng (世宗)

King Shizong of Wuyue
吳越世宗
King Shizong of Wuyue; 吳越世宗
King of Wuyue
Reign	15 May 932 or 26 May 937 – 17 September 941
Predecessor	Qian Liu
Successor	Qian Hongzuo
Jiedushi of Zhendong Circuit; (鎮東軍節度使)
Tenure	927 – 941; (Acting: 923–927)
Predecessor	Qian Liu
Successor	Qian Hongzuo
Deputy	Pi Guangye
Jiedushi of Zhenhai Circuit; (鎮海軍節度使)
Tenure	927 – 941; (Acting: 923–927)
Predecessor	Qian Liu
Successor	Qian Hongzuo
Born	30 November 887; Hang Prefecture, Tang dynasty
Died	17 September 941 (aged 53); Hangzhou, Wuyue
Burial	Tomb of Qian Yuanguan (in modern Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou)
Spouse	See § Family
Issue	See § Family
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Qián (錢); Given name: Initially Chuánguàn (傳瓘),; later Yuánguàn (元瓘) (changed 932);
Era dates
	Adopted the era names of Later Tang:; Changxing (長興): 932–933; Yingshun (應順): 934; Qingtai (清泰): 934–936; Adopted the era name of Later Jin:; Tianfu (天福): 936–941
Posthumous name
	King Wénmù (文穆王, "civil and solemn")
Temple name
	Shìzōng (世宗)
House	Qian
Dynasty	Wuyue
Father	Qian Liu
Mother	Lady Chen

Qian Yuanguan (Chinese: 錢元瓘) (30 November 887 – 17 September 941^[2]^[8]), born Qian Chuanguan (錢傳瓘), also known by his temple name as the King Shizong of Wuyue (吳越世宗), courtesy name Mingbao (明寶), was the second king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China. He ascended to the throne in 932, when his father Qian Liu (King Taizu) left the state in his hands, to 941. He was the father to all three of Wuyue's subsequent kings.

^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.
^ ^a ^b ^c Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 281.
^ When Qian Yuanguan started his "reign" depends on the definition of "reign." Qian Yuanguan took full control of the Wuyue domain upon the death of his father Qian Liu in 932, but was not created and did not use the title of King of Wuyue (which his father had carried by creation by emperors of Later Liang and Later Tang) until 937.
^ ^a ^b Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 79.
^ 932 was the 3rd year of Changxing.
^ The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms recorded the Shizong temple name but noted that the use of temple names by Wuyue kings were not fully confirmed.
^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 282.

[ZZTJ277-1] Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.

[AS-2] Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.

[ZZTJ281-3] Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 281.

[4] When Qian Yuanguan started his "reign" depends on the definition of "reign." Qian Yuanguan took full control of the Wuyue domain upon the death of his father Qian Liu in 932, but was not created and did not use the title of King of Wuyue (which his father had carried by creation by emperors of Later Liang and Later Tang) until 937.

[SGCQ79-5] Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 79.

[6] 932 was the 3rd year of Changxing.

[7] The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms recorded the Shizong temple name but noted that the use of temple names by Wuyue kings were not fully confirmed.

[ZZTJ282-8] Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 282.

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