#129 - 5D10K6: Emperor Jerky

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Emperor Deguang of Liao has conquered the North China Plain with ease and packed the Later Jin emperor off to eternal exile. But he doesn’t plan to stick around… instead, he’ll pack up everything – and everyone – he deems valuable to take back home. But when illness strikes him dead, new challengers will arise to do battle over the fate of northern China. Time Period Covered: 947-954CE Major Historical Figures: Liao: Yelü Deguang (Emperor Taizong) [r. 927-947] Yelü Ruan (Wuyu, Emperor Shizong) [r. 947-951] Yelü Jing (Emperor Muzong) [r. 951-969] General Xiao Han [d. 949] General Zhang Yanze [d. 947] Later Han: Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu) [r. 947-948] Liu Chengyou (Emperor Yin) [r. 948-951] Northern Han: Liu Chong (Emperor Shizu) [r. 951-954] Later Zhou: Guo Wei (Emperor Taizu) [r. 951-954] Chai/Guo Rong (Emperor Shizong) [r. 954-959] Sources Utilized: Sima Guang, et al. 1084. Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance). Standen, Naomi. 2009. “The Five Dynasties” in The Cambridge History of China, vol. 5, pt. 1: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors 907-1279 (Denis Twitchett and Paul Jakov Smith, ed.) Standen, Naomi. 2005. “What Nomads Want: Raids, Invasions and the Liao Conquest of 947” in Mongols, Turks, and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World (Reuven Amitai and Michal Biran, ed.) Toqto’a (Tuotuo), et al. 1344. Liao Shi (History of the Liao). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	So check it out. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:37.0	Episode 129, Emperor.
0:42.0	Episode 129, Emperor Jerky.
0:45.0	When last we left the North China plane,
0:50.0	Shichong Guay, last Emperor of Later Jin, had been thoroughly and humiliatingly defeated by the
0:55.3	Emperor Yelu du Gwang of the Liao dynasty, culminating with a full-scale occupation of the
1:00.4	Yellow River Valley by the Kitan Forces, and Chungue and his retinue being packed off into what would be a permanent exile in the hinterlands of Liao territory.
1:08.6	And so today we start with the Liao holding the Chinese Heartland within its absolute control, thus launching
1:14.8	the Kataan in a bid to achieve total reunification of the empire under their iron rule.
1:20.0	Right? Well, strangely enough, no.
1:25.0	Within five months, Doug Wong would be heading back to the northlands of his own territories,
1:28.5	and the Central Plains would once again be controlled by a local.
1:32.1	What happened? The invasion had gone off without a hitch. Did
1:37.2	Daguang, who had proven himself so shrewd in the north and in Korea, and now his
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