Li Cunxu
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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)
Shatuo
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The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks were a Turkic tribe that heavily influenced northern Chinese politics from the late ninth century through the tenth century. They are noted for founding three, Later Ta
Li Cunxu
…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 period. When he…
Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.
Li Keyong (856-908), Shatuo warlord in the late Tang dynasty