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Emperor Taizong of Liao
Liao Monarch Who Acquired the Sixteen Prefectures
Mural of the event “Sixteen Prefectures Ceded”, which this person took part in.
Later Tang internal coups were frequent, and the military governor Shi Jingtang rose in rebellion but was heavily besieged by Later Tang forces. To survive and seize power, he resolved to lean on the vast cavalry military force of the northern Khitan empire.
Also known as Yelu Deguang · Yelu Yaogu · Yaogu · Xiaowu Huiwen Huangdi
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Emperor Taizong of Liao, Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin and childhood name Yaogu, the second son of Taizu, was born in 902 and took the throne in 927 as the second Liao emperor. In 936 he helped Shi Jingtang found the Later Jin and received the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun. Early in 947 he overthrew the Later Jin, entered Kaifeng, renamed the state Great Liao and adopted the era name Datong. He died at Shahulin on the way north that year. The source is the History of Liao.
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- 902Born
Tang
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - 936Sixteen Prefectures Ceded
Took partShi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures to the Khitan, depriving Later Jin and later central-plain states of a major northern defensive belt.- Yelu Abaoji Founds the Khitan State916Khitan chieftain Yelu Abaoji unified steppe clans; his successor captured Kaifeng in 947 CE, proclaiming the Great Liao Empire.
- Shi Jingtang Cedes Sixteen PrefecturesWarlord Shi Jingtang ceded the strategic Sixteen Prefectures to the Khitan Liao Empire in exchange for military backing to seize the throne in 936 CE.
- Yelu Abaoji Founds the Khitan State
- 947Died
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