Shi Chonggui, known in traditional Chinese historical sources as Emperor Chu of Later Jin or Emperor Shao of Later Jin, posthumously known in the Liao dynasty as the Prince of Jin, was the second and last emperor of China's Later Jin dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
24 Facts About Shi Chonggui
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Shi Chonggui was born in 914, at the Fenyang Neighborhood of Taiyuan, during the rule of Li Cunxu the Prince of Jin.
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Shi Chonggui's father was Shi Jingru, and his mother was Lady An, likely Shi Jingru's wife.
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In 936, Shi Chonggui Jingtang rose in rebellion against then-Later Tang emperor Li Congke.
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Emperor Taizong and Shi Chonggui Jingtang prepared to advance south, toward the Later Tang capital Luoyang.
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Shi Chonggui Jingtang was prepared to leave one son at Taiyuan to serve as the titular defender, and he called out all of his sons for Emperor Taizong to choose.
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Shi Chonggui left Shi Chonggui in charge of Kaifeng as its defender.
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At the advice of the chancellor He Ning, Shi Jingtang left a number of signed, blank edicts, so that Shi Chonggui could react quickly if An Congjin did rebel.
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Shi Chonggui summoned the senior chancellor Feng Dao, and then had Shi Chongrui come out to bow to Feng, and then put Shi Chongrui into Feng's lap, intending to show that he wanted Shi Chongrui to inherit the throne with Feng guiding the young emperor.
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Shi Chonggui honored his adoptive mother Empress Li as empress dowager, and his biological mother Lady An as consort dowager.
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Under Jing's advocacy, Shi Chonggui abandoned Shi Jingtang's respectful subservience to the Khitan and took a more defiant stance.
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When Shi Chonggui sent emissaries to the Liao camp to try to sue for peace, Emperor Taizong rejected the overture.
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Indeed, at the request of Du's wife the Princess of Song, Shi Chonggui then made Du the military governor of Tianxiong.
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However, it was said that shortly thereafter, at Sang's suggestion, Shi Chonggui sent the emissary Zhang Hui to the Liao court, apologizing and requesting peaceful relations again.
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Shi Chonggui found the demand insulting, and cut off further negotiations.
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Shi Chonggui thus put Du and Li Shouzhen in command of an army to attack north, with the stated objectives being to first recapture the prefectures Shi Chonggui Jingtang previously ceded to Liao, and then to destroy Liao.
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Your grandson and your subject, Shi Chonggui, had his spirit deluded into disaster, and his state's fortune has been ended by heaven.
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Shi Chonggui is sending his sons Yanxu the military governor of Zhenning [] and Yanbao the military governor of Weixin [], to present, in surrender, one imperial seal, and three golden seals.
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Once Shi Chonggui's train entered into Liao proper, they received no further supplies from the Liao army escorting them, such that their attendants and ladies in waiting had to forage fruits and leaves for food.
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However, after Emperor Taizong's death shortly after and succession by his nephew Emperor Shizong, Shi Chonggui's fortune changed somewhat, as, after Emperor Shizong then defeated his grandmother Empress Dowager Shulu, who opposed his claim to the throne, Emperor Shizong had Shi's train redirected to Liaoyang to be settled there.
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When Shi Chonggui then submitted a petition to him to congratulate him on his victory, his household again began to be supplied again.
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Shi Chonggui later resettled them at Jian Prefecture.
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Shi Chonggui had his followers till the land and establish an agricultural settlement.
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The only things known about the remainder of Shi Chonggui's life came from the discoveries of the tombstones of himself and of Shi Yanxu, which were received by the Chaoyang City Museum in 2000 and 1998 respectively.