Ye Guanglüe (, ? – 911?), also romanized as Ye Guanglue or Ye Guanglve, was a warlord in the last years of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

. He was the governor of

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in the late 9th century and managed to keep his territory safe during the deadly rebellion led by

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. He was promoted to be the

jiedushi The ''jiedushi'' (), or jiedu, was a title for regional military governors in China which was established in the Tang dynasty and abolished in the Yuan dynasty. The post of ''jiedushi'' has been translated as "military commissioner", "legate", ...

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in 906 and became a self-governing warlord. The

was overthrown by Zhu Wen, who established the

Later Liang Later Liang may refer to the following states in Chinese history: * Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (後涼; 386–403), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms * Western Liang (555–587), also known as Later Liang (後梁), a state during the Southern and Nor ...

dynasty in 907. Ye Guanglüe kept his semi-independent status, though he nominally surrendered to Later Tang. In 911, Liu Yan, a stronger warlord based in

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, tried to annex Ye's territory. Ye joined force with Pang Juzhao (another warlord based in Rongzhou) and Khuc Thua My (the jiedushi of

Jinghai Circuit Jinghai District () is a district of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China, located in the southwest portion of the municipality, bordering Hebei province to the south and west, Xiqing District to the north and northeast, and Bi ...

) to confront Liu Yan but was eventually defeated. Ye Guanglüe surrendered to Liu Yan and was later executed. In 917, Liu Yan established the Southern Han kingdom and Ye's territory became a part of it as the Jianwu Circuit.

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vol 2: Biography of Emperor Gaozu 1

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