Li Jinzhong

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This article is about the ruler of the Khitan people during Tang Dynasty. For the Ming Dynasty eunuch, see Wei Zhongxian.

Li Jinzhong (李盡忠) (d. September 23, 696[1]), titled Wushang Khan (無上可汗, literally "the khan that had no superior"), was a khan of the Khitan who, along with his brother-in-law Sun Wanrong, rose against Chinese hegemony in 696 and further invaded Chinese territory then under the rule of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty. He died late in 696 and was succeeded by Sun.

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  1. ^ 兩千年中西曆轉換
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