楚国(公元896~951年),又称南楚、马楚,五代十国时期的十国之一,全盛时包括今湖南全境和广西大部、贵州东部和广东北部。楚国自公元896年建立,历任6位君主,存国55年。楚国开国君主马殷(公元852~930年),字霸图,许州鄢陵(今河南鄢陵)人,在唐末军阀混战中脱颖而出。唐朝任其为湖南留后、判湖南军府事,后又授为武安军节度使。通过战争,马殷消灭了湖南 Chu State (AD 896-951), also known as Nanchu, Ma Chu, one of the ten nations during the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms period, included the entire territory of Hunan and most of Guangxi, the eastern of Guizhou and the northern part of Guangdong at its heyday. Chu State since 896 AD, established six monarchs, save the country for 55 years. The founding of Chu State monarch Ma Yin (AD 852 ~ 930 years), Word tyrants, Xuzhou Yanling (now Henan Yanling) people, stood out in the warlord wars at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang dynasty rented as Hunan stay, sentenced to Hunan military affairs, and later granted the military ambassador Wu. Through the war, Ma Yin eliminated Hunan