Li Congke

Reign

21 May 934 – 11 January 937

Born

11 February 885

Died

January 11, 937 (aged 51)

Full name
Family name: Originally Wang (王), later Lǐ (李) Given name: Cóngkē (從珂)
Era name and dates
Qīngtài (清泰): 31 May 934 – 11 January 937
Posthumous name
None

Dynasty

Later Tang

Full name
Family name: Originally Wang (王), later Lǐ (李) Given name: Cóngkē (從珂)
Era name and dates
Qīngtài (清泰): 31 May 934 – 11 January 937
Posthumous name
None

Li Congke (simplified Chinese: 李从珂; traditional Chinese: 李從珂; pinyin: Lǐ Cóngkē) (11 February 885 – 11 January 937), also known posthumously as Emperor Mo of Later Tang (後唐末帝, "last emperor of Later Tang"), Emperor Fei of Later Tang (後唐廢帝, "deposed emperor of Later Tang"), Wang Congke (王從珂) (particularly during succeeding Later Jin, which did not recognize him as a legitimate Later Tang emperor), or Prince of Lu (潞王, a title Li Congke carried prior to his reign), nickname Ershisan (二十三, "23") or, in short, Asan (阿三), was the last emperor of the Later Tang - the second of the Five Dynasties following the fall of the Tang Dynasty. He was an adoptive son of Li Siyuan (Emperor Mingzong) and took the throne after overthrowing Emperor Mingzong's biological son Emperor Min of Later Tang (Li Conghou). He was later himself overthrown by his brother-in-law Shi Jingtang, who was supported by Khitan troops (and whose Later Jin succeeded his). When the combined Later Jin and Khitan forces defeated Later Tang forces, Li Congke and his family members, as well as the guards most loyal to him, ascended a tower and set it on fire, dying in the fire.

Li Congke was born in 885, during the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang, in Pingshan (平山, in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei). His biological father was a man with the surname of Wang. His mother was a Lady Wei; it appeared likely, although not completely clearly stated in history, that Lady Wei was Wang's wife.

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