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92:, Li Siyuan tried to assert more control over Meng by sending the official Li Yan (李嚴) to serve as the monitor of the Xichuan army later in the year, Wu suggested Meng to deny Li Yan entry, but Meng did not agree. He ultimately allowed Li Yan to come to Xichuan's capital 96:, and then found an excuse to kill Li Yan. Despite his not having agreed with Wu, however, Meng saw Wu's point and believed him to be talented, and therefore wanted to find greater responsibilities for him. 186:. However, they also sent emissaries to Later Shu, offering to submit to Meng Chang. Meng sent An Siqian (安思謙) the military governor of Shannan West Circuit (山南西道, headquartered in modern 147:, who had been overseeing the three financial agencies (taxation, treasury, and salt and iron monopolies), asked to have that responsibility divided between him, Wu, and fellow chancellor 217:. Further, it was said that the Shu region had lacked schools ever since Tang fell. Wu expended his private wealth to build schools and dormitories, and also persuaded Meng to have the 263:
Internet-based sources do not make show sufficiently clearly whether his family name was Wu (毋) or Guan (毌), although most sources appear to indicate "Wu." The modern Chinese historian
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as those who overly exerted their armies. Meng did not listen to him. Ultimately, the campaign was not successful, and Later Shu was unable to add those circuits to its possessions.
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It is not known when Wu died, although presumably it was before the fall of Later Shu in 965. After Later Shu's fall, Wu's son Wu Shousu (毋守素) became an official of the
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reprinted. He also had his followers Gou Wenzheng (句文正) and Sun Jiangji (孫絳吉) reprint a number of poetic texts that he considered worthy of publication (including the
481: 88:(which had ruled the territory), Meng invited Wu to serve as his secretary. After Li Cunxu was killed in a mutiny in 926 and succeeded by his adoptive brother 420: 303: 471: 27: 209:. He had the official Zhang Dezhao (張德釗) copy the classics and carve them on stone tablets to be displayed at Chengdu, in the example of the 50:
Not much is known about Wu Zhaoyi's personal background, including when he was born, but it is known that he was from Longmen (龍門, in modern
501: 466: 274:, rendered it as Guan (貫), apparently to avoid this ambiguity, but Bo did not give a particular explanation for doing so. See 194:) to aid them. Wu submitted a petition urging against it, pointing out the examples of Li Cunxu and Former Shu's last emperor 159: 151:, Meng Chang put Wu in charge of salt and iron monopolies and Zhang in charge of treasury, leaving Zhao in charge of taxation. 486: 476: 248:(which had conquered Later Shu), and the books that Wu had published were spread throughout the land by Wu Shousu's efforts. 132: 35: 491: 496: 461: 218: 445: 441: 437: 409: 393: 377: 361: 345: 326: 506: 155: 511: 235:(白氏六帖)). Wu himself authored three volumes of commentaries on the sounds of the characters used in the 148: 171: 206: 24: 425: 308: 432: 321: 270: 205:(太子太師). It was said that Wu was an ardent book collector and favored the study of old 455: 63: 84:) in late 925 in light of Later Tang's recent conquest of its southwestern neighbor 245: 210: 195: 144: 182:), rebelled against Later Han and entered an alliance with another rebel general, 214: 183: 104:
After Meng Zhixiang declared himself the emperor of a new independent state of
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in 934, he commissioned Wu Zhaoyi as the deputy chief imperial censor (御史中丞,
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the military governor of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern
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Several years later, Wu retired with the honorific title
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Meng died later in 934, and was succeeded by his son
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Chinese
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Later Shu
chancellor
Meng Chang
Yuncheng
Shanxi
Later Tang
Meng Zhixiang
Li Cunxu
Jiedushi
Chengdu
Sichuan
Former Shu
Li Siyuan
Chengdu
Later Shu
Meng Chang
chancellor
Zhao Jiliang
Zhang Ye
Later Han
Wang Jingchong
Baoji
Shaanxi
Zhao Siwan
Xi'an
Shaanxi
Li Shouzhen
Hanzhong

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