)In 940, Wuyue's southern neighbor Min was in civil war, as its emperor Wang Yanxi (also known as Wang Xi) and Wang Yanxi's younger brother Wang Yanzheng the prefect of Jian Prefecture (建州, in modern Nanping, Fujian) were battling each other, and Wang Yanxi's generals Pan Shikui () and Wu Xingzhen () were putting Jian under siege.