Li Siyuan

Li Siyuan (later changed to Li Dan) (10 October 867 – 15 December 933), also known by his temple name Mingzong, is the second emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 926 until his death.

He is an ethnic Shatuo originally called Miaojilie.

Adopted by the Shatuo leader Li Keyong of the Jin territory, Li Siyuan becomes a trusted general under both Li Keyong and Li Keyong's successor Li Cunxu, the 1st Later Tang emperor.

In 926 he seizes power by a coup d'état when a mutiny kills Li Cunxu, and rules with both discipline and compassion for the next seven years.

Despite an abundance of natural disasters, his reign is markedly more peaceful than the half-century preceding it.

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