The demise of Chu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Ma Yin, the founder of the Southern Chu Dynasty, was appointed as our ambassador to Wu 'an by the Tang Dynasty in 896. After the establishment of Hou Liang in 907 AD, Ma Yin voluntarily surrendered to the Central Committee and was named King of Chu. Ma Yin adopted the policy of "serving the emperor, appeasing the gentry, calming the morale at home and strengthening the vassals abroad", which made Chu strong. In 927, Ma Yin was officially named King of Chu in the later Tang Dynasty, and Ma Yin changed Tanzhou to Changsha as the capital, and built a palace in Changsha, establishing a veritable independent kingdom. Ma Yin died in 930 and was succeeded by his son Ma Xisheng. Ma Xisheng died in 932, and his brother Ma Xifan succeeded him. When Ma Xifan died in 947, the generals ruled out Ma Xili, the oldest of Ma Xifan's brothers, and supported Ma Xiguang's succession. This led to Ma Xixi's dissatisfaction, and civil strife broke out in Chu. In 950 AD, Ma attacked Changsha, Ma Xiguang was defeated, and Ma became the king of Chu. However, Masisi was full of ambition and indulged in debauchery after he succeeded to the throne. Men Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng rebelled and occupied Langzhou, supporting Ma Guanghui, the son of Ma Yin's eldest son Ma Xizhen, as our time. A few months later, Xu Wei and other generals defected and supported Ma Xichong to stay in Wu 'an, leading to chaos in southern Chu. Southern Tang dynasty seized the opportunity of civil strife in southern Chu, attacked Chu in 95 1, captured Changsha, and southern Chu perished.