| Emperor Gaozu of Later Han 後漢高祖 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of the Later Han dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | March 10, 947[1][2] – March 10, 948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Liu Chengyou | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 4, 895[3][1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 10, 948 (aged 53)[1][4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Rui Mausoleum (睿陵; in modern Yuzhou, Henan) | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Liu | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Later Han | ||||||||||||||||
Liu Zhiyuan (Chinese: 劉知遠) (March 4, 895 – March 10, 948), later changed to Liu Gao (劉暠), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Later Han (後漢高祖), was the founding emperor of the Shatuo-led Chinese Later Han dynasty, the fourth of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was the older brother of the Northern Han founder Liu Min (Emperor Shizu).
- ^ a b c Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 286.
- ^ History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 99.
- ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 287.
- ^ 947 was defined as the 12th year of Tiānfú.