Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in

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. The first three of the Later Tang's four

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were ethnically

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. The name Tang was used to legitimize itself as the restorer of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

. Although the Later Tang officially began in 923, the dynasty already existed in the years before, as a polity known in historiography as the Former Jin (907–923). At its height, Later Tang controlled most of northern China.

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Later Tang rulers family tree

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tang Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Dynasties of China Former countries in Chinese history 923 establishments 10th-century establishments in China 936 disestablishments 10th-century disestablishments in China States and territories established in the 920s States and territories disestablished in the 930s States and territories disestablished in 936