Later Tang

Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.^[1]

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Tang 唐
923–937
Later Tang 後唐
Capital	Daming (923) Luoyang (923–936)
Common languages	Chinese
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 923–926	Li Cunxu (Zhuangzong)
• 926–933	Li Siyuan (Mingzong)
• 933–934	Li Conghou
• 934–936	Li Congke
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Established in Daming	May 923
• Overthrown by Khitan and Shi Jingtang	January 11, 937
Currency	Chinese coin, Chinese cash
Preceded by Succeeded by Jìn1 Later Liang Qi Former Shu Later Jìn2 Jingnan Later Shu
Today part of	China
1.The preceding entity of the Later Tang was the State of Jin, which was established by Li Keyong in 895 under the Tang dynasty and existed as an independent state in 907–923. 2.With the support of the Liao dynasty.

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The first three of the Later Tang's four emperors were ethnically Shatuo.^[2] The name Tang was used to legitimize itself as the restorer of the Tang dynasty. Although the Later Tang officially began in 923, the dynasty already existed in the years before, as a polity known in historiography as the Former Jin (907–923).

At its height, Later Tang controlled most of northern China.