I ve always been very confused about the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, so please use the simplest

To put it simply, it is the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, that is, there are five dynasties and ten countries, which are the countries that existed between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and the time of existence was relatively short.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms refer to the period from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the five dynasties had the Later Liang, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, and the Later Zhou. The Ten Kingdoms include Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Fujian, Southern Han, Former Shu, Later Shu, Chu, Nanping, and Northern Han. This period seems to be chaotic, but when it is actually sorted out, it is still very easy to understand.

Colorful, five winds and ten rains, one.

Five. One. 10. Five Generations and Ten Kingdoms.

ColorfulExplanation]: Describe the bright and balanced colors, and the patterns are varied.

From]: Liang Jiangyan of the Southern Dynasty "Lise Fu": "Five lights wander, ten colors are separated." ”

Five winds and ten rainsFrom]: Han Wang Chong's "On Heng Shi Ying": "The wind does not sound Tong Tie, the rain does not break the block, there is a wind on the fifth day, and a rain on the tenth day." ”

After the Tang Dynasty, the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou successively established political power in most parts of northern China, known as the Five Dynasties (907-960). At the same time, in the south and Shanxi, Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Chu, Fujian, Southern Han, Former Shu, Later Shu, Nanping, Northern Han and other regimes were established successively, known as the Ten Kingdoms (902-979).

The Five Dynasties refer to the five regimes that successively settled in the Central Plains after the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, namely the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou. In 907 AD, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen established the Later Liang in the Central Plains, and set the capital at Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion (now Kaifeng, Henan), and the five dynasties and ten kingdoms began. In 960, Zhao Kuangyin of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

After usurping Zhou, the Northern Song Dynasty was established, and the five dynasties ended.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were many secessionist regimes outside the Central Plains, such as Yang Wu and Jiyan, among which the former Shu, Later Shu, Southern Wu (Yang Wu), Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Min State, Southern Chu (Ma Chu), Southern Han, Nanping (Jingnan), Northern Han and other ten secession regimes were collectively referred to as the Ten Kingdoms by the History of the New Five Dynasties and later historians.

During the 54 years from the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907 to 960, the Central Plains of China successively established five dynasties, namely the Later Liang, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, and the Later Dynasty, known as the "Five Dynasties" in history.

In the seventy-eight years from 902 to 979, nine small states were established in the south, including Yang Wu, Southern Tang, Former Shu, Later Shu, Wu Yue, Min State, Southern Han Dynasty, Nanping and Southern Chu. And this era is called "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms".

Now there is a new definition of "Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms", that is, the Northern Han Dynasty is considered to be a continuation of the Later Han Dynasty, and Li Maozhen's Qi State and Liu Rengong, Liu Shouguang and his son Jiyan are added.