Shi Zhonggui

Also known as Houjin Chudi · Shicheng Legong

Shi Chonggui was the son of Shi Jingru, elder brother of the Later Jin founder Shi Jingtang, born at Taiyuan and raised by his uncle as an adopted son after his father's early death. He succeeded in the sixth month of 942 and, following the advice of Jing Yanguang, styled himself grandson but not subject of the Khitan ruler, which brought on war; in 944 he changed the era name to Kaiyun. Jin armies repeatedly turned back Khitan invasions in 944 and 945, most notably at Yangcheng. In late 946 his commander Du Chongwei surrendered the main army, and in January 947 the Khitan entered Daliang; Shi gave himself up, was titled Marquis Who Betrayed Righteousness, and was taken north to Huanglong and later to Jianzhou. He lived on in Liao territory for more than twenty years and died there in 974; histories call him the Departed Emperor or the Young Emperor of Jin.