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Gao Jichong

943–973 · 10th century

Gao Jichong was the last ruler of Jingnan, one of the Ten Kingdoms of China. In 963 Song troops crossing his territory for a campaign in Hunan occupied his capital Jiangling, and he surrendered without resistance. The Song court treated his family well, and Jingnan's fall began the Song conquest of the southern states.

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