Liu Jun () (926–968), originally Liu Chengjun (), also known by his

temple name Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynas ...

as the Emperor Ruizong of Northern Han (北漢睿宗), was the second

emperor The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ...

of the

Shatuo The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks (; also transcribed as Sha-t'o, Sanskrit SartZuev Yu.A., ''"Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)"'', Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I ...

-led Northern Han dynasty of China. His capital was at

Taiyuan Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

Province. He was the second son of the Northern Han founder

Liu Chong Liu Min () ( 895 – 954), named Liu Chong () before 951,, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Northern Han, was the founding emperor of the Northern Han dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He ...

(Emperor Shizu). In 951, after the death of his brother Liu Yun, he became the heir of his father.

Wife

*Empress Guo, died 968

Sons

Liu Ji'en Liu Ji'en (), (935 - 968) also known in historiography as Shaozhu of Northern Han (), was the third Emperor of China, emperor of China's Northern Han, Northern Han dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He ruled for 60 days in ...

, 3rd emperor of Northern Han *

Liu Jiyuan Liu Jiyuan () (died in 992), also known by his regnal name as the Emperor Yingwu of (Northern) Han ((北)漢英武帝), was the last emperor of the Shatuo-led Chinese Northern Han dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He w ...

, 4th and last emperor of Northern Han *Liu Jiqing, 3rd son, died 973 *Liu Jiwen, adopted nephew, grandson of Liu Chong *5th son, died 973

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