Gu Quanwu (864–931) was a general and official during the late Tang dynasty and early

Five Dynasties period The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen concu ...

, serving under the warlord Qian Liu who founded the

Wuyue Wuyue (; ), 907–978, was an independent coastal kingdom founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) of Chinese history. It was ruled by the Haiyan Qian clan (海盐钱氏), whose family name remains widespread in t ...

kingdom. He was nicknamed "Monk Gu" for having been a Buddhist monk during his youth. Gu was instrumental in helping Qian crush his former lord Dong Chang in 896. Gu also had much success against the warlord Yang Xingmi, although he was once captured by Yang's general

Li Shenfu Li Shenfu () (died 904) was a general who served under the major warlord Yang Xingmi the military governor (''Jiedushi'') of Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu) late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. Background ...

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