Meng Zhixiang (874-934), born in Longgang, Xingzhou (now southwest of Xingtai, Hebei), was the founding emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Meng Zhixiang, the nephew and son-in-law of King Li Keyong of Jin Dynasty, was highly regarded in the later Tang Dynasty. He served as the special envoy of the Central Gate and the "Ma bu" or horse stance just look army, and stayed in Beijing, and later served as our ambassador to give up.
During the later Tang Dynasty, Meng Zhixiang gradually became independent from Shu, refused to listen to the imperial edicts of the later Tang Dynasty, and even rose up to revolt. In the fourth year of Changxing (933), Dongchuan was annexed, occupying all the land of the two rivers. He was worshipped as a proofreader and school secretary and was named King of Shu.
In the first month of the first year of Yingshun (934), Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, established Houshu, and changed to Yuan Mingde in April. He was in office for only seven months, at the age of 6 1 year. His temple name is Gaozu, and his posthumous title is the emperor of Wu Wen Shengde Yinglie Xiao Ming. He was buried in He Ling.