Li Siyuan

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang
後唐明宗
Emperor of the Later Tang dynasty
Reign3 June 926[1] – 15 December 933
PredecessorLi Cunxu
SuccessorLi Conghou
Born10 October 867
Yingzhou, Tang dynasty[2] (today's Ying County, Shanxi)
Died15 December 933(933-12-15) (aged 66)
Luoyang, Later Tang dynasty (today's Luoyang, Henan)
Burial11 June 934[3]
Hui Mausoleum (徽陵; in today's Mengjin County, Luoyang, Henan)
34°47′5.28″N 112°33′54.72″E / 34.7848000°N 112.5652000°E / 34.7848000; 112.5652000
SpouseSee § Family
IssueLi Congrong
Empress Li of Later Jin
Li Conghou
others
Names
Shatuo name: Miaojilie (邈佶烈)
Chinese surname: Lǐ (李)
Chinese given name: Sìyuán (嗣源), changed to Dǎn (亶) on 5 February 927[4]
Era dates
Tiānchéng (天成): 3 June 926 – 2 March 930
Chángxīng (長興): 3 March 930 –17 January 934
Regnal name
Emperor Shèngmíng Shénwǔ Wéndé Gōngxiào (聖明神武文德恭孝皇帝), after 30 December 929[5]
Emperor Shèngmíng Shénwǔ Guǎngdào Fǎtiān Wéndé Gōngxiào (聖明神武廣道法天文德恭孝皇帝), after 27 August 933[6]
Posthumous name
Short: Emperor Héwǔ (和武皇帝)
Full: Emperor Shèngdé Héwǔ Qīnxiào (聖德和武欽孝皇帝)[2]
Temple name
Míngzōng (明宗, "Bright Ancestor")
HouseLi
DynastyLater Tang
FatherLi Ni (李霓) (biological)
Li Keyong (adoptive)
MotherLady Liu (劉氏) (biological)
Li Siyuan
Chinese李嗣源
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Sìyuán
Wade–GilesLi3 Ssu4-yüan2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLei5 Ji6-yun4
JyutpingLei5 Zi6-jyun4

Li Siyuan (李嗣源, later changed to Li Dan (李亶)[4][note 1]) (10 October 867[2] – 15 December 933[7]), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (後唐明宗), was the second emperor of the Later Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 926 until his death. He was an ethnic Shatuo originally named, in the Shatuo language, Miaojilie (邈佶烈).

Adopted by the ethnic Shatuo ruler Li Keyong of the Former Jin dynasty, Li Siyuan became a trusted general under both Li Keyong and Li Keyong's successor Li Cunxu (Emperor Zhuangzong), the Later Tang founder. In 926 he seized power by a coup d'état when a mutiny called the Xingjiao Gate Incident killed Li Cunxu, and ruled with both discipline and compassion for the next seven years. Despite an abundance of natural disasters, his reign was markedly more peaceful than the half-century preceding it.

  1. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 275.
  2. ^ a b c Wudai Shi, ch. 35.
  3. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 279.
  4. ^ a b Wudai Shi, ch. 38.
  5. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 276.
  6. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 278.
  7. ^ Wudai Shi, ch. 44.


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