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Note that there are four periods of Chinese history using the name "Jin" (see clarification here.)

The Later Jìn (Simplified Chinese: 后晋,Traditional Chinese:後晉; Pinyin: Hòu Jìn) (936-947) was one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. It was founded by Shi Jingtang, posthumously known as Gaozu of Later Jin. Note that there are four periods of Chinese history using the name "Jin" (see clarification here).

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[edit] Founding of the Later Jin

The first of the Shatuo Turk dynasties was founded in 923 by Li Cunxu, the son of the great Shatuo Turk chieftain Li Keyong. Called the Later Liang Dynasty, it extended Shatuo Turk domains from their base in Shanxi to most of northern China, and into Sichuan. After Li Cunxu’s death, his adopted son, Li Siyuan became emperor. However, the relationship with the Khitan, which was vital to the rise of the Shatuo Turks to power, had soured.

Shi Jingtang, son-in-law of Li Cunxu, rebelled against him, and with the help of the Khitan, declared himself emperor the Later Jin Dynasty in 936.

[edit] Territorial Extant

The Later Jin Dynasty held essentially the same territories as the Later Liang Dynasty, except for Sichuan in the southwest, which was lost by the Later Liang in its waning years.

The other major exception was a region known as the Sixteen Prefectures. By this time in history, the Khitan had formed the Liao Empire out of their steppe base. They had also become a major power broker in northern China. They forced the Later Jin to cede the strategic “Sixteen Prefectures” to the Liao. Consisting of a region about 70 to 100 miles wide and including modern-day Beijing and points westward, it was considered a highly strategic region, and gave the Liao even more influence in northern China.

[edit] Relations with the Khitan

The Later Jin had often been criticized for being a puppet of the emerging Liao empire. The help of their powerful northern neighbors was vital in the formation of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures led to their derision as being the servants of the Khitan.

However, after the death of the founder of the dynasty, Shi Jingtang, Emperor Shi Chonggui defied the Khitan, resulting in the later invading the territory of the Later Jin in 946 and 947, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin Dynasty.

[edit] Rulers of the Later Jin

Sovereigns in Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 907-960
Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miao4 hao4) Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 ) Personal Names Period of Reigns Era Names (Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of years
the Five Dynasties
Convention: name of dynasty + temple name or posthumous name
Hou (Later) Jin Dynasty 936-947
高祖 gao1 zu3 Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign 石敬瑭 shi4 jing4 tang2 936-942 Tianfu (天福 tian1 fu2) 936-942
Did not exist 出帝 chu1 di4 石重貴 shi4 chong2 gui4 942-947 Tianfu (天福 tian1 fu2) 942-944

Kaiyun (開運 kai1 yun4) 944-947

[edit] Reference

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