Shi Chonggui
| Shi Zhonggui | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor of (Later) Jin | |||||||||||||
| Reign | July 28, 942[1][2]-January 11, 947[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Shi Jingtang | ||||||||||||
| Successor as Emperor of Later Jin | None (dynasty destroyed) | ||||||||||||
| Successor as emperor of central China | Emperor Taizong of Liao | ||||||||||||
| Born |
July 22, 914[2][5] Taiyuan | ||||||||||||
| Died |
10 July 0974 (aged 59)[2][6] Chaoyang? | ||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Wives: Lady Zhang Empress Feng (m. 942) Major concubines: Consort Zhao Consort Nie | ||||||||||||
| Issue |
Shi Yanxu (石延煦), adoptive son Shi Yanbao (石延寶), adoptive son | ||||||||||||
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| Father |
Shi Jingru (石敬儒) (biological father) Shi Jingtang (adoptive father, biological uncle) | ||||||||||||
| Mother |
Lady An (biological mother) Empress Li (adoptive mother, aunt by marriage) | ||||||||||||
Shi Zhonggui (Chinese: 石重貴) (914-947), known in traditional Chinese historical sources as Emperor Chu of Later Jin (後晉出帝, "the exiled emperor") or Emperor Shao of Later Jin (後晉少帝, "the young emperor"), posthumously known in Liao as the Prince of Jin (晉王), was the second and last emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Jin.
The Later Jin had often been criticized for being a puppet of the emerging Khitan state Liao. The help of their powerful northern neighbors was vital in the formation of the Later Jin, and the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures led to their derision as being the servants of the Khitan. However, after the death of his biological uncle/adoptive father Shi Jingtang (Later Jin's founding emperor) in 942, Shi Zhonggui defied Liao's Emperor Taizong, which led to the latter invading the territory of the Later Jin in 946 and 947, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin.
After surrender to Liao
| Shi Chonggui House of Shi (936–947) Born: 914 Died: 974 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Shi Jingtang (Emperor Gaozu) |
Emperor of Later Jin 942-947 |
Succeeded by None (dynasty destroyed) |
| Emperor of China (Tianshui region) 942-947 |
Succeeded by Meng Chang of Later Shu | |
| Emperor of China (Central) 942-947 |
Succeeded by Emperor Taizong of Liao | |
| Preceded by Zhuo Yanming |
Sovereign of China (Northeastern Fujian) (de jure) 945-947 With: Li Jing of Southern Tang 945-946 Qian Hongzuo of Wuyue 946-947 |
Succeeded by Qian Hongzuo of Wuyue |
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Notes and references
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 283.
- 1 2 3 4 Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 285.
- ↑ January 11, 947 was the date when the Liao general Zhang Yanze (formerly of Later Jin) entered the Later Jin capital Kaifeng; Shi Zhonggui surrendered the imperial seals that day to Emperor Taizong of Liao, and therefore can be regarded as the last day of his reign.
- ↑ Old History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 81.
- ↑ Du Xingzhi & Tian Likun, The Study of the Tombstone Texts of Later Jin's Shi Zhonggui and Shi Yanxu, available at .