Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
| Jin | ||||||||||||
| 晉 | ||||||||||||
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Taiyuan (936) Luoyang (937) Kaifeng (937-947) |
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| Languages | Chinese | |||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion | |||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
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| • | 936–942 | Shi Jingtang (Gaozu) | ||||||||||
| • | 942–947 | Shi Chonggui (Chudi) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | |||||||||||
| • | Established | 936 936 | ||||||||||
| • | Ended by Liao | 947 947 | ||||||||||
| Currency | ancient Chinese coinage | |||||||||||
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The Later Jìn (simplified Chinese: 后晋; traditional Chinese: 後晉; pinyin: Hòu Jìn, 936–947), also called Shi Jin (石晉), was one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in China. It was founded by Shi Jingtang, who was posthumously titled "Gaozu". Liao, its original protector state, destroyed Later Jin by invading in 946 and 947, after Jin's second ruler, Shi Chonggui, fell out with them.
The first sinicized Shatuo ethnicity state,Later Tang, was founded in 923 by Li Cunxu, son of the great Shatuo chieftain Li Keyong. It extended Shatuo domains from their base in Shanxi to most of North China, and into Sichuan.
After Li Cunxu’s death, his adopted son, Li Siyuan became emperor. However, the Shatuo relationship with the Khitans, which was vital to their rise to power, had soured. Shi Jingtang, the son-in-law of Li Cunxu, rebelled against him, and with the help of the Khitan, declared himself emperor of the Later Jin in 936.
The Later Jin founder Shi Jingtang claimed patrilineal Han Chinese ancestry.
There were Dukedoms for the offspring of the royal families of the Zhou dynasty, Sui dynasty, and Tang dynasty in the Later Jin. This practice was referred to as .
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