Li Jing (Southern Tang)
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| Emperor Yuanzong of (Southern) Tang (more...) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2nd ruler of Southern Tang | |||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Li Bian (Emperor Liezu), father | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Li Yu, son | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 916 or January 917 Probably Sheng Prefecture, possibly Guangling |
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| Died | August 12, 961 Nanchang |
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| Spouse | Empress Zhong | ||||||||||||||||
| Concubine | Lady Ling (凌氏) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Li Bian | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Song | ||||||||||||||||
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Surname: Xú (), changed to Lǐ () with father Given name: Jǐngtōng (), changed to Jǐng () and eventually to Jǐng () |
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| Bǎodà (保大) 943–957 Zhōngxīng (中興) 958 Jiāotài (交泰) 958 (Subsequently adopted the era names of Later Zhou and Song) |
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| Full: Emperor Míngdào Chóngdé Wénxuān Xiào () | |
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| Yuánzōng () |
Li Jing (李璟, later changed to 李景) (916 – August 12, 961), originally Xu Jingtong (徐景通), briefly Xu Jing (徐璟) in 937–939, courtesy name Boyu (伯玉), also known by his temple name Yuanzong (元宗), was the second ruler (sometimes called Zhongzhu (中主, "Middle Ruler")) of imperial China's Southern Tang state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned his state from 943 until his death.
During Li Jing's earlier reign, he expanded Southern Tang's borders by extinguishing smaller neighboring states: Min in 945 and Chu in 951. However, the warfare also exhausted the wealth of the country, leaving it ill-prepared to resist the Later Zhou invasion in 956. Forced to cede all prefectures north of the Yangtze River, he also had to relinquish his title as an emperor and accept Later Zhou's overlordship in 958, and later Song Dynasty's overlordship after 960 when Song succeeded Later Zhou.
Li Jing, then named Xu Jingtong, was born in 916. His father Xu Zhigao was then Wu's prefect of Sheng Prefecture (昇州, in modern Nanjing, Jiangsu), under his adoptive father (Xu Jingtong's grandfather) Xu Wen, who was then Wu's regent. He was Xu Zhigao's oldest son. His mother was Xu Zhigao's second wife Song Fujin, who would later give birth to three more sons, Xu Jingqian, Xu Jingsui, and Xu Jingda.
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