Editing Northern Han (section)

==Founding of the Northern Han==
The short-lived state of [[Later Han (Five Dynasties)|Later Han]] fell in 950 because of [[Guo Wei]], a powerful military governor's ''de facto'' coup.  [[Liu Chong|Liu Min]] founded the Northern Han Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Eastern Han, in 951 claiming that he was the legitimate heir to the imperial throne of [[Later Han (Five Dynasties)|Later Han]].  Liu Min immediately restored the traditional relationship with the [[Khitan people|Khitans]], who had founded the [[Liao dynasty]].

Sources conflict as to the origin of the Later Han and Northern Han emperors; some indicate [[Shatuo|sinicized Shatuo]] ancestry<ref>{{cite book |first=Endymion Porter |last = Wilkinson |title = Chinese History: A Manual |year=2000 |page=12 |publisher = Harvard Univ Asia Center |isbn = 9780674002494 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ERnrQq0bsPYC&q=northen+han+shatuo&pg=PA12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mote |first=Frederick W. |title = Imperial China 900-1800 |year=2003 |pages=67–68 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674012127 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SQWW7QgUH4gC&q=Imperial+China:+900%E2%80%931800&pg=PA3 }}</ref> while some [[24 Histories|traditional historical sources]] claim that the emperors claimed patrilineal Han Chinese ancestry.{{NoteTag|According to ''[[Old History of the Five Dynasties]]'', [[:zh:s:舊五代史/卷99|vol. 99]], and ''[[New History of the Five Dynasties]]'', [[:zh:s:新五代史/卷10|vol. 10]]. [[Liu Zhiyuan]] was of Shatuo origin. According to ''[[Wudai Huiyao]]'', [https://archive.org/stream/06049337.cn#page/n30/mode/2up vol. 1] Liu Zhiyuan's great-great-grandfather Liu Tuan (劉湍) (titled as Emperor Mingyuan posthumously, granted the temple name of Wenzu) descended from Liu Bing (劉昞), [[Kingdom of Huaiyang|Prince of Huaiyang]], a son of [[Emperor Ming of Han]].}}