Shi Jingtang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shi Jingtang

Later Jin emperor

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-0892

Place of Birth: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Date of Death: 28-Jul-0942

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Shi Jingtang (???) (30 March 892 – 28 July 942), also known by his temple name Gaozu (??), was the founding emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Jin during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 936 until his death. Likely of Shatuo descent ethnically, he was an important military general for the Later Tang before rebelling in 936.
To overthrow Later Tang he enlisted the help of the Khitan-ruled Liao state, not only humiliating himself as Emperor Taizong of Liao's adopted son (even though he was 10 years older) but also yielding the strategically crucial Sixteen Prefectures to Liao after his rise to power — an event that would shape the Chinese political landscape for the next 200 years.