| Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin 後晉高祖 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of the Later Jin dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 28 November 936[1][2] – 28 July 942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Dynasty founded | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Shi Chonggui (Emperor Chu) | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 892 Taiyuan, Tang dynasty[1] (in today's Yangqu County, Taiyuan, Shanxi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 942 (aged 50) Ye, Later Jin dynasty (today's Linzhang County, Hebei) | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Xian Mausoleum (顯陵, in today's Yiyang County, Henan) 34°37′19.86″N 112°5′42.01″E / 34.6221833°N 112.0950028°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Empress Li | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue | See § Family | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Shi | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Later Jin | ||||||||||||||||
| Father | Shi Shaoyong (石紹雍) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Lady He (何氏) | ||||||||||||||||
| Shi Jingtang | |||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 石敬瑭 | ||||||||||||||
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Shi Jingtang (Chinese: 石敬瑭; 30 March 892[1] – 28 July 942[3]), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (後晉高祖), was the founding emperor of the Later Jin dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 936 until his death.
Shi was an ethnic Shatuo and was an important military general for the Later Tang before rebelling in 936. He enlisted the help of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty in his struggle against the Later Tang dynasty. For this he was called Emperor Taizong of Liao's adopted son (even though he was 10 years older).
After Shi's rise to power, the Liao would later annex the strategically crucial Sixteen Prefectures and eventually annex the entire Later Jin. The rise of the Liao in northern China and the Mongolian Plateau would shape Chinese politics for the centuries leading up to the Mongol Empire.