Liu Chong
Liu Min (Chinese: 劉旻) (c. 895[note 1] – 954[1]), named Liu Chong (Chinese: 劉崇) before 951,[1][note 2], 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 was an ethnic Shatuo and the younger brother of the Later Han dynasty's founder Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu).In 954, Liu Chong was defeated by Guo's successor Chai Rong in the Battle of Gaoping and died soon afterwards.The young Liu Chong drank and gambled and was once sentenced to join the military with his face tattooed.The kingdom was wedged between its two larger, more powerful neighbors, the Later Zhou to the south, and the Liao dynasty to the north.