Jin 晉 | |||||||||||
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| 936–947 | |||||||||||
Later Jin | |||||||||||
| Capital | Taiyuan (936) Luoyang (937) Kaifeng (937–947) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Chinese | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism,Daoism,Confucianism,Chinese folk religion | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||
• 936–942 | Shi Jingtang (Gaozu) | ||||||||||
• 942–947 | Shi Chonggui (Chudi) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | ||||||||||
• Shi Jingtang proclaimed Emperor byLiao | 28 November, 936 | ||||||||||
• Emperor Chu's surrender toLiao | 11 January, 947 | ||||||||||
| Currency | ancient Chinese coinage | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||||
Jin, known as theLater Jìn (simplified Chinese:后晋;traditional Chinese:後晉;pinyin:Hòu Jìn, 936–947) or theShi Jin (石晉) in historiography, was animperial dynasty of China and the third of theFive Dynasties during theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was founded byShi Jingtang (Emperor Gaozu) with aid from theLiao dynasty, which assumed suzerainty over the Later Jin. After Later Jin's second ruler,Shi Chonggui (Emperor Chu), fell out with the Liao dynasty, the Liao invaded in 946 and in 947, annihilated the Later Jin and annexed its former territories.
The firstsinicized Shatuo state,[1]Later Tang, was founded in 923 byLi Cunxu, son of the Shatuo chieftainLi Keyong. It extended Shatuo domains from their base inShanxi to most ofNorth China, and intoSichuan.
AfterLi Cunxu's death, his adopted son,Li Siyuan became emperor. However, the Shatuo relationship with theKhitans, which was vital to their rise to power, had soured.Shi Jingtang, the son-in-law ofLi Cunxu, rebelled against him, and with the help of the Khitan, declared himself emperor of the Later Jin in 936.
The Later Jin founderShi Jingtang claimed patrilinealHan Chinese ancestry.[2] Noting thatShi 石 is a typical Chinese surname borne bySogdians, Barenghi (2014) traces Shi Jingtang's origin to the Anqing Shi (安慶石).Anqing was one of the three Shatuo sub-tribes whom were ofSogdian origin, besidesChuyue (處月) and formerlyTürgesh-associatedSuoge (娑葛).[3][4][5]
In the Later Jin, there were Dukedoms for the offspring of the royal families of theZhou dynasty,Sui dynasty, andTang dynasty.[6] This practice was referred to as the two crownings and the three respects (二王三恪).
The Tang Imperial Longxi Li lineage (隴西李氏) also included sub-lineages like the Guzang Li (姑臧李). Li Zhuanmei (李專美) descended from the Guzang Li and served the Later Jin.[7]
The Later Jin held essentially the same territories as theLater Tang, except for Sichuan, which had been lost by the Later Tang in its waning years and had become independent asLater Shu.
The other major exception was a region known as theSixteen Prefectures. By this time in history, the Khitan had formed the Khitan Empire out of their steppe base. They had also become a major power broker in North China. They forced the Later Jin to cede the strategic Sixteen Prefectures to the Khitan. Consisting of a region about 70 to 100 miles wide and including modern-dayBeijing and points westward, it was considered a highly strategic region, and gave the Khitan even more influence in North China.
The Later Jin had often been described as a puppet of the emergingKhitan-ledLiao dynasty. The help of their powerful northern neighbors was vital in the establishment of the Later Jin. The cession of the Sixteen Prefectures led to their derision as being the servants of the Liao dynasty.
After the death of the dynastic founderShi Jingtang, his nephew, adopted son and successor Shi Chonggui defied the Liao, resulting in the latter invading in 946 and 947, eventually leading to the destruction of the Later Jin.
After the Liao conquest of the Later Jin, the former took the dynastic element of water, which followed from the Later Jin's dynastic element of metal, according to the Chinese theory of theFive Elements.[8] It was also following the conquest of the Later Jin that the Liao dynasty was officially renamed "Great Liao".
| Temple name | Posthumous name | Personal name | Period of reign | Chinese era name and dates |
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| 高祖Gāozǔ | Too tedious, thus not used when referring to this sovereign | Shi Jingtang石敬瑭Shí Jìngtáng | 936–942 | Tiānfú (天福) 936–942 |
| Did not exist | 出帝Chūdì | Shi Chonggui石重貴Shí Chóngguì | 942–947 | Tiānfú (天福) 942–944 Kāiyùn (開運) 944–947 |
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