Zhou 周 | |||||||||
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| 951–960 | |||||||||
 Later Zhou territory | |||||||||
| Capital | Kaifeng | ||||||||
| Common languages | Middle Chinese | ||||||||
| Religion | Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
• 951–954 | Emperor Taizu | ||||||||
• 954–959 | Emperor Shizong | ||||||||
• 959–960 | Emperor Gong | ||||||||
| Historical era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | ||||||||
• Dynasty established | 13 February 951 | ||||||||
• Formal abdication | 3 February 960 | ||||||||
| Currency | Chinese cash, Chinese coin, copper coins etc. | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
Zhou, known as the Later Zhou (/dʒoʊ/;[1] simplified Chinese: 后周; traditional Chinese: 後周; pinyin: Hòu Zhōu) in historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty and the last of the Five Dynasties that controlled most of northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Founded by Guo Wei (Emperor Taizu), it was preceded by the Later Han dynasty and succeeded by the Northern Song dynasty.