Lǐ Cónghòu (李從厚) | |||||||||||||
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Emperor of (Later) Tang | |||||||||||||
Emperor of (Later) Tang | |||||||||||||
Reign | December 20, 933 – May 19, 934 | ||||||||||||
Predecessor | Li Siyuan (Emperor Mingzong) | ||||||||||||
Successor | Li Congke | ||||||||||||
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Taiyuan |
17 December 914||||||||||||
Died | 24 May 934 Anyang |
(aged 19)||||||||||||
Burial | Luoyang | ||||||||||||
Empress | Empress Kong | ||||||||||||
Issue | Li Chongzhe (李重哲), son Three sons, names unknown |
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Dynasty | Later Tang | ||||||||||||
Father | Li Siyuan | ||||||||||||
Mother | Lady Xia |
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Yìngshùn: 934 | |
Posthumous name | |
Emperor Mǐn (閔皇帝, "careful") | |
Temple name | |
None |
Li Conghou | |||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Cónghòu |
Li Conghou (李從厚) (914–934), formally Emperor Min of Later Tang (後唐閔帝), nickname Pusanu (菩薩奴, "slave of a Bodhisattva"), was an emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang, ruling between 933 and 934. He was overthrown by his adopted brother Li Congke.
Li Conghou was born in 914, when his father Li Siyuan was a general of Jin (predecessor state to Later Tang), under his adoptive brother (Li Conghou's adoptive uncle) Li Cunxu the Prince of Jin. His mother was Lady Xia, who was either a concubine of Li Siyuan's or a co-wife with Lady Cao, and who was also the mother of his older brother Li Congrong. He was either Li Siyuan's third son (per the Old History of the Five Dynasties) or his fifth son (per the New History of the Five Dynasties). He was born at Li Siyuan's mansion in then-Jin capital Taiyuan. It was said that even in his childhood, he liked reading the Spring and Autumn Annals and was able to understand some of it. As his appearance was like his father Li Siyuan's, his father loved him.
In 926, Li Cunxu, then the emperor of Later Tang, was killed in a mutiny at then-capital Luoyang. Li Siyuan subsequently claimed imperial title. In 927, he made Li Conghou the mayor of Henan Municipality (河南, i.e., the Luoyang region) as well as the honorary chancellor designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事), as well as the command of the imperial guards. This displeased Li Conghou's older brother Li Congrong, who was then the military governor (Jiedushi) of Tianxiong Circuit (天雄, headquartered in modern Handan, Hebei), as this allowed Li Conghou to remain at the capital and control the imperial guards. (Li Conghou's and Li Congrong's mother Lady Xia was deceased by this point.)