| Emperor Yin of Later Han 後漢隱帝 | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor of the Later Han dynasty | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 14 March 948 – 2 January 951 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Liu Zhiyuan | ||||||||||||
| Self-claimed successor | Liu Chong (founder of the Northern Han dynasty) | ||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 931 Ye, Later Tang dynasty[1] (today's Linzhang County, Hebei, China) | ||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 951 (aged 19) near Kaifeng, Henan | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Ying Mausoleum (潁陵; in modern Yuzhou, Henan) | ||||||||||||
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| House | Liu | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Later Han | ||||||||||||
| Father | Liu Zhiyuan | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Li | ||||||||||||
| Liu Chengyou | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉承祐 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘承祐 | ||||||||||||||
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Liu Chengyou (Chinese: 劉承祐) (28 March 931[1][2] – 2 January 951[2][3]), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Yin of Later Han (後漢隱帝), was the second and last emperor of the Later Han dynasty of China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from 948 until his death in 951.
Liu Chengyou was only 16 years old when he succeeded his father Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu), who died abruptly. His reign was marked by the arbitrary killing of his important ministers, which eventually led to his downfall. When he killed the entire family of general Guo Wei without Guo in 951, Guo's army attacked the capital, and Liu Chengyou was killed in the chaos.
There is a reference to Liu Chengyou as "Liu Chenghan" in the epitaph of Liu Jiwen, son of his cousin Liu Yun. Liu Chengyou may thus have changed his name on his accession as emperor.