Family
Li Siyuan was the adopted son of Li Keyong, a Shatuo Turk who served under the Tang Dynasty and established the State of Jin upon the demise of the Tang Dynasty. With the help of Khitan leader Abaoji, his son, Li Cunxu was able to establish the Later Tang Dynasty in 923. Li Cunxu had destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty in 923 and established his capital in Luoyang, to signify a restoration of the Tang Dynasty, called the Later Tang Dynasty. His rule only lasted three years as he was killed during an officer’s rebellion in 926. As Li Keyong’s adopted son, Li Siyuan ascended the throne.
Read more about this topic: Emperor Mingzong Of Later Tang
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—Eva Figes (b. 1932)
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the same family of orange and pink faces
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who wait for their jaws to open and shut.”
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