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Zhu Youzhen

888–923 · 10th century · Also known as Emperor Mo of Later Liang

Zhu Youzhen was the last emperor of the Later Liang dynasty in northern China, a son of its founder Zhu Wen. In 913 he overthrew his brother Zhu Yougui, who had murdered their father. Throughout his reign he lost ground to the rival state of Jin, and when Li Cunxu of the Later Tang took Kaifeng in 923 he had himself killed.

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