Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Qian Chu (929-988) was the last King of Wuyue (reigned 947-978), a kingdom in southern-eastern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Qian Chu pledged allegiance to the new Northern Song Dynasty in 978, avoiding certain annihilation from northern imperial Chinese troops and saving his people from war and economic destruction. Qian Chu came to power after his brother, Qian Zong, was deposed in a coup d''état. At the time, Wuyue was at its largest territorial extent, ruling 13 zhous in modern day Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Fujian. Throughout its history, Wuyue maintained a policy of nominally submitting to the successive dominant northern regimes.