Later Han (Five Dynasties)

Han 漢
947–951
Later Han
Capital	Bian (Kaifeng)
Common languages	Chinese
Religion	Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 947–948	Emperor Gaozu
• 948–951	Emperor Yin
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Established in Taiyuan	March 10, 947
• Coup d'etat, surrender of Bian; Emperor Yin killed (de facto end)	January 1; January 2, 951
• Guo Wei proclaimed Emperor (de jure end)	February 13 951
Currency	Chinese cash, Chinese coin, copper coins etc.
Preceded by Succeeded by Later Jìn Later Zhou Northern Han
Today part of	China

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Han, known as the Later Han (simplified Chinese: 后汉; traditional Chinese: 後漢; pinyin: Hòu Hàn) in historiography, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that existed from 947 to 951. It was the fourth of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history, and the third consecutive Shatuo-led Chinese dynasty,^[1] although other sources indicate that the Later Han emperors claimed patrilineal Han ancestry.^[2] It was among the shortest-lived of all Chinese regimes, lasting for slightly under four years before it was overthrown by a rebellion that resulted in the founding of the Later Zhou dynasty. Remnants of the Later Han then founded the Northern Han dynasty.