Jin (Later Tang precursor)

This article is about the Shatuo state of early Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. For the state during the Spring and Autumn period, see Jin (Chinese state). For other imperial Chinese state formations, see Jin dynasty.

Jin 晉
907–923
Capital	Taiyuan
Government	Principality
Prince
• 896/907-908	Li Keyong
• 908-923	Li Cunxu
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Li Keyong created the Prince of Jin	896
• Established	907
• Disestablished	923
Preceded by Succeeded by Tang Dynasty Yan (Five Dynasties) Zhao (Five Dynasties) Later Tang

Jin (晉), also known as Hedong (河東) in historiography, was an early state of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period from 907 to 923 in the 10th century.

History

The Jin rulers Li Keyong and Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu, of Shatuo extraction, claimed to be the rightful subjects of the defunct Tang Dynasty (618–907), in a struggle against the usurper state of the Later Liang Dynasty.

At the time of the Tang Dynasty's fall in 907, the Jin state consisted of most, but not all, of modern Shanxi, and eventually expanded to cover all of the territory north of the Yellow River. Eventually, in 923, Li Cunxu, claiming rightful succession to the Tang throne, declared himself emperor, transitioning his state to the Later Tang Dynasty, which shortly after destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty.