Jin Feishan (; died 926) was an empress of the

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. She was the second wife of Former Shu's last emperor Wang Yan (né Wang Zongyan).

Background

It is not known when Jin Feishan was born, but it is known that she was from the Former Shu capital

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. Her father Jin Ye (金業) was a fairly wealthy farmer who was sonless, but who was known to have had a loving relationship with his wife. By the time that Jin Feishan was 15, she was said to be extremely beautiful and a capable painter. Early in Wang Yan's ''Qiande'' era (918-924), she was selected to be a consort to him in the palace.''

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In or after 921, when he effectively divorced and deposed his first wife Empress Gao by sending her back to the house of her father Gao Zhiyan (高知言),''

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'', vol. 271. he created Consort Jin as the new empress to replace her.

As empress

However, Wang Yan in fact favored his cousin Consort Wei more. Perhaps because of this, at some point, he deposed Empress Jin as well. However, another imperial consort, Consort Qian, spoke in her defense, and Wang Yan restored Empress Jin to her empress position. When Former Shu fell to its northeastern neighbor

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in 925, Wang Yan tried to entrust his wife — most likely referring to Empress Jin — and his mother

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to the care of the Later Tang official Li Yan (李嚴). In 926, with the Later Tang realm engulfed in military mutinies, Later Tang's emperor

Li Cunxu Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (), personal name Li Cunxu (), nickname Yazi (), stage name Li Tianxia (), was the ruling prince of the Former Jin dynasty (r. 908–923) and later became the founding emperor of the Later Tang dynasty (r. 923 ...

ordered the deaths of Wang Yan and his household;''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 274. Empress Jin was one member of the imperial household who died in the killing.

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