Later Tang

Chinese imperial dynasty from 923 to 937

Not to be confused with Tang dynasty (618–907).

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Tang

923–937

Later Tang 後唐

Capital| Daming
(923)
Luoyang
(923–936)
Common languages| Chinese
Government| Monarchy
Emperor|

• 923–926

| Li Cunxu (Zhuangzong)

• 926–933

| Li Siyuan (Mingzong)

• 933–934

| Li Conghou

• 934–936

| Li Congke
Historical era| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

• Established in Daming

| May 923

• Overthrown by Khitan and Shi Jingtang

| January 11, 937
Currency| Chinese coin, Chinese cash

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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| Later Liang
| Qi
| Former Shu
| Later Jìn2 |

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Jingnan |
Later Shu |
Today part of| China

1.The preceding entity of the Later Tang was the State of Jin, which was established by Li Keyong in 895 under the Tang dynasty and existed as an independent state in 907–923.
2.With the support of the Liao dynasty.

Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.[1]

The first three of the Later Tang's four emperors were ethnically Shatuo.[2] The name Tang was used to legitimize itself as the restorer of the Tang dynasty. Although the Later Tang officially began in 923, the dynasty already existed in the years before, as a polity known in historiography as the Former Jin (907–923).

At its height, Later Tang controlled most of northern China.

## Rulers

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Temple names | Posthumous names | Family names and given name | Chinese naming conventions | Durations of reigns | Era names and their according durations

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Zhuāngzōng (莊宗) | Emperor Guāngshèng Shénmǐn Xiào(光聖神閔孝皇帝) Too Tedious; thus, unused when referring to this sovereign | Lǐ Cúnxù (李存勗) | Family name and given name | 923–926 | Tóngguāng (同光) 923–926
Míngzōng (明宗) | Hewu (和武) | Lǐ Sìyuán (李嗣源) or Lǐ Dǎn (李亶) | Family name and given name | 926–933 | Tiānchéng (天成) 926–930
Chángxīng (長興) 930–933
none | Mǐn (閔) | Lǐ Cónghòu (李從厚) | Family name and given name | 933–934 | Yìngshùn (應順) 933–934
none | Mòdì (末帝) | Lǐ Cóngkē (李從珂) | Family name and given name | 934–937 | Qīngtaì (清泰) 934–937

## Later Tang rulers family tree

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Later Tang rulers

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李克用 856–908| | Li Ni 李霓| | | | | | | |
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李存勖 885–926
Zhuangzong 莊宗
923–926| | Li Siyuan
李嗣源 867–933
Mingzong 明宗
926–933| | | | | | | |
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Li Congke
李從珂 885–937
Modi 末帝
934–937| | Li Congyi
李從益 931–947
Prince of Xu 許王| | Li Congrong
李從榮d. 933
Prince of Qin 秦王| | Li Conghou
李從厚 914–934
Mindi 愍帝
933–934| | Empress Li
d. 950| | Shi Jingtang 石敬瑭
Gaozu of
Later Jin 高祖
892–936–942
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Li Chongmei
李重美 d. 937
Prince of Yong 雍王| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ Zurndorfer, Harriet T. (2010). "Efflorence? Another Look at the Role of War in Song Dynasty China". War in words transformations of war from antiquity to Clausewitz. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 92\. ISBN 9783110245424.
2. ^ Mote 1999, pp. 12–13.

### Sources

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* Mote, F. W. (1999). Imperial China: 900-1800. Harvard University Press.

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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (Timeline)

Five Dynasties|

* Later Liang
* (Jin) / Later Tang
* Later Jin
* Later Han
* Later Zhou

Ten Kingdoms (Ten States)|

* Wu
* Former Shu
* Chu
* Wuyue
* Min / (Yin)
* Southern Han
* Jingnan
* Later Shu
* Southern Tang
* Northern Han

Other states|

* Qi
* Zhao
* Yan

De facto independent entities|

* Yiwu Circuit
* Dingnan Circuit
* Qingyuan Circuit
* Jinghai Circuit
* Wuping Circuit [zh]
* Guiyi Circuit
* Lulong Circuit

Neighboring states|

* Balhae
* Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
* Liao dynasty
* Tibetan kingdoms
* Dali
* Đại Việt

Histories|

* Old History of the Five Dynasties
* Historical Records of the Five Dynasties
* Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms
* Wudai Huiyao

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