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navigation, search Liang Wang (梁王) Family name: Shěn (沈) Given
name: Fǎxīng (法興) Posthumous name: None  Shen Faxing (died
AD 620) was an official of the Chinese Sui dynasty who, after
Emperor Yang was killed in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji
in 618, seized the area of present-day Zhejiang and southern
Jiangsu and declared himself the King of Liang (梁王). He was
defeated by Li Zitong (Emperor of Wu) in 620 and, believing that
he was doomed, committed suicide by jumping into a river.
Initial uprising[edit]  Shen Faxing was from Hu (湖州, roughly
modern Huzhou in Zhejiang). His father Shen Ke (沈恪) was a Chen
general who served all five of Chen's emperors until his death
in 583 at the age of 73, with the title of Marquess of Dongxing.
After Shen Ke's death, Shen Faxing inherited his father's title,
but Chen was destroyed by the Sui in 589.  As of 618, Shen
Faxing was serving as the governor of Wuxing Commandery (吳興),
the new name for the Chen's Hu,