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Liu Chengyou

Liu Chengyou
Emperor Yin of (Later) Han (more...)
second and last emperor of Later Han
Reign 14 March 948 – 2 January 951
Predecessor Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu), father
Self-claimed successor Liu Chong, uncle who founded Northern Han
Born (931-03-28)28 March 931
Ye, Later Tang (today's Linzhang County, Hebei)
Died 2 January 951(951-01-02) (aged 19)
near Kaifeng, Henan
Burial in today's Yuzhou, Henan
Full name
Surname: Liú ()
Given name: Chéngyòu ()
Era dates
Qiányòu (), continued from Emperor Gaozu
Year 1: 13 February 948 – 31 January 949
Year 2: 1 February 949 – 20 January 950
Year 3: 21 January 950 – 8 February 951
Posthumous name
Emperor Yǐn ()
Father Liu Zhiyuan
Mother Empress Li
Full name
Surname: Liú ()
Given name: Chéngyòu ()
Era dates
Qiányòu (), continued from Emperor Gaozu
Year 1: 13 February 948 – 31 January 949
Year 2: 1 February 949 – 20 January 950
Year 3: 21 January 950 – 8 February 951
Posthumous name
Emperor Yǐn ()
Liu Chengyou
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Liu Chengyou (劉承祐) (28 March 931 – 2 January 951), also known by his posthumous name Emperor Yin (隱皇帝), was the second and final emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Han during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 948 until his death.

Liu Chengyou was only 16 years old when he succeeded his father Liu Zhiyuan who died suddenly. His reign was marked by arbitrary killing of his important ministers, and it eventually led to his downfall. When he killed the entire family of general Guo Wei in 951, Guo's army attacked the capital, and Liu Chengyou was killed in the confusion.

Liu Chengyou was born in 931, at Yedu (鄴都, in modern Handan, Hebei), at the house of his father Liu Zhiyuan, then a trusted officer under the general Shi Jingtang (a son-in-law of then-reigning emperor, Li Siyuan (Emperor Mingzong) of Later Tang). His mother was Liu Zhiyuan's wife Lady Li. He had one older brother, Liu Chengxùn (劉承訓), who was nine years older, and one younger brother, Liu Chengxūn (劉承勳, note different tones), but it is not known whether either of them was born of Lady Li. He also had an adoptive brother, Liu Yun, who was the biological son of his uncle Liu Chong, but whom Liu Zhiyuan favored and whom he therefore adopted as a son.

Later, after Shi Jingtang overthrew Later Tang and established his own state of Later Jin, Liu Zhiyuan was made the military governor of Hedong Circuit (河東, headquartered in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) in 941. The 10-year-old Liu Chengyou was given the title of overseer of the circuit headquarters. In 947, after Later Jin was destroyed by the Khitan Liao dynasty, Liu Zhiyuan declared himself emperor of a new state of Later Han. Liu Chengyou was given the title of general. (His older brother Liu Chengxùn was given more substantive responsibilities, including overseeing Taiyuan while Liu Zhiyuan advanced south to take over the central parts of the former Later Jin territory, and, after Liu Zhiyuan successfully took the Later Jin capital Kaifeng as his capital, being the mayor of Kaifeng.)


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