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Shi Jingtang
Shi Jingtang was a Shatuo general and son-in-law of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang. In 936 he rebelled at Taiyuan and, with the help of the Khitan Liao dynasty, overthrew the Later Tang and founded the Later Jin. In return he ceded the Sixteen Prefectures in the north and called himself the son of the Liao emperor.
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