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.
Rubbing from pillar carved with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra - Later Tang Dynasty - 4th year Tongguang Reign (926)
Li Siyuan, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang, was the second emperor of the Later Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 926 until his death. He was an ethnic Shatuo or