Liu Chong
| Liu Min / Liu Chong | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor Shizu of (Northern) Han (more...) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1st emperor of Northern Han | |||||||||||||||||
| Claimed predecessor | Liu Chengyou, nephew and last emperor of Later Han | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Liu Chengjun (Emperor Ruizong), son | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 895 or January 896 Tang Empire |
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| Died | 954 (aged 58–59) Taiyuan, Northern Han (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi) |
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| Mother | Lady An (安氏) | ||||||||||||||||
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Family name: Liú () Given name: Chóng (), changed to Mín () in 951 |
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| Qiányòu (), continued from Later Han's Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Yin Year 4: 9 February 951 – 29 January 952 Year 5: 30 January 952 – 17 January 953 Year 6: 18 January 953 – 5 February 954 Year 7: 6 February 954 – 26 January 955 |
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| Emperor Shénwǔ () (951) | |
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| Shìzǔ (; "Generational Forefather") |
Liu Min (劉旻) (c. 895 – 954), named Liu Chong (劉崇) before 951, also known by his temple name Shizu (世祖), was the founding emperor of imperial China's Northern Han state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was an ethnic Shatuo and the younger brother of Later Han's founder Liu Zhiyuan.
Liu Chong created Northern Han in the Shatuo base in modern Shanxi after his eldest son was killed in 951 by general Guo Wei, who overthrew Later Han to found the Later Zhou. In 954, Liu Chong was defeated by Guo's successor Chai Rong in the Battle of Gaoping and died soon afterwards.
The young Liu Chong drank and gambled and was once sentenced to join the military with his face tattooed.
When Liu Zhiyuan became the military governor of Hedong (河東; roughly modern Shanxi), he named Liu Chong his chief director (都指揮使).
Liu Min was the brother of Liu Zhiyuan, the founder of the Later Han, which was the last of three successive Shatuo Turk dynasty. The Later Han fell in 950 with the rise of the Later Zhou. Liu Min declared himself the legitimate successor of the Later Han, and formed the Northern Han (sometimes called Eastern Han) kingdom in Shanxi, the traditional power base of the Shatuo Turks.
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