28 March 931 Ye, Later Tang dynasty[1] (today's Linzhang County, Hebei, China)
Died
2 January 951(951-01-02) (aged 19) near Kaifeng, Henan
Burial
Ying Mausoleum (潁陵; in modern Yuzhou, Henan)
Names
Surname: Liú (劉) Given name: Chéngyòu (承祐)
Era dates
Qiányòu (乾祐) (inherited from Liu Zhiyuan) (13 February 948 – 8 February 951)
Posthumous name
Emperor Yǐn (隱皇帝)
House
Liu
Dynasty
Later Han
Father
Liu Zhiyuan
Mother
Empress Li
Liu Chengyou
Traditional Chinese
劉承祐
Simplified Chinese
刘承祐
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Liú Chéngyòu
Wade–Giles
Liu2 Ch'eng2-yu4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Lau4 Sing4-yau6
Jyutping
Lau4 Sing4-jau6
Liu Chengyou (Chinese: 劉承祐) (28 March 931[1][2] – 2 January 951[2][3]), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Yin of Han (漢隱帝), was the second and last emperor of the Later Han dynasty of China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from 948 until his death in 951.
Liu Chengyou was only 16 years old when he succeeded his father Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu), who died abruptly. His reign was marked by the arbitrary killing of his important ministers, which eventually led to his downfall. When he killed the entire family of general Guo Wei without Guo in 951, Guo's army attacked the capital, and Liu Chengyou was killed in the chaos.
There is a reference to Liu Chengyou as "Liu Chenghan" in the epitaph of Liu Jiwen, son of his cousin Liu Yun. Liu Chengyou may thus have changed his name on his accession as emperor.
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declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. The 19-year-old Emperor LiuChengyou is killed after a 3-year reign, ending the short-lived Later Han. Emperor...
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