Shen Faxing

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.

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, under Emperor Yang. He was on a campaign against the agrarian rebel leader Lou Shigan (樓世幹) when news came that Emperor Yang had been killed at Jiangdu (江都, modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu) in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji. Shen therefore, claiming that he was attacking Yuwen, gathered the troops of the region (more than 60,000 men), and occupied more than 10 commanderies, including such cities as Yuhang (餘杭, in modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang), Piling (毗陵, in modern Changzhou, Jiangsu), and Danyang (丹楊, in modern Nanjing, Jiangsu). He declared himself the grand commandant of Jiangnan (the lands south of the Yangtze River) and exercised imperial powers.

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