Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, personal name Li Cunxu, nickname Yazi, stage name Li Tianxia, was the second ruling prince of the Former Jin dynasty who later became the founding emperor of the Late
Zhuangzong of Later Tang
Rubbing from pillar carved with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra - 4th year Tongguang Reign (926)
Li Keyong was a military general and politician of Shatuo Turk ethnicity, and from January 896 the Prince of Jin, which would become an independent state after the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907. Li
Li Cunxu
…the founding emperor of the Later Tang dynasty (r. 923–926) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was the son of Li Keyong, an ethnic Shatuo Jiedushi of the Tang dynasty. Li Cunxu was considered one of the most militarily capable rulers of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms…
Li Keyong
Statues in Huairen County, Shanxi, China, commemorating Li Keyong (left) and Abaoji's meeting.