Shi Jingtang

Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin
後晉高祖
Emperor of the Later Jin dynasty
Reign28 November 936[1][2] – 28 July 942
PredecessorDynasty founded
SuccessorShi Chonggui (Emperor Chu)
Born30 March 892
Taiyuan, Tang dynasty[1] (in today's Yangqu County, Taiyuan, Shanxi)
Died28 July 942(942-07-28) (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 / 34.6221833; 112.0950028
SpouseEmpress Li
IssueSee § Family
Names
Family name: Shí ()
Given name: Jìngtáng ()
Era name and dates
Tiānfú (): 28 November 936 – 7 February 943
Posthumous name
Short: Never used short
Full: Emperor Shèngwén Zhāngwǔ Míngdé Xiào (皇帝)
Temple name
Gāozǔ (; "High Forefather")
HouseShi
DynastyLater Jin
FatherShi Shaoyong (石紹雍)
MotherLady He (何氏)
Shi Jingtang
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShí Jìngtáng
Wade–GilesShih2 Ching4-t'ang2
IPA[ʂǐ tɕîŋ.tʰǎŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSek6 Ging3-tong4

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.