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Li Jing (915-961), formerly known as Xu Jingtong, was renamed Li Jing after the establishment of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and later renamed Li Jing for avoiding Zhou Xin ancestors. He is the eldest son of Li Bian. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the second emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty was also called the Lord and heir. (943) Li Bian died, and Li Jing succeeded to the throne and changed to Baoda.

After Li Jing ascended the throne, he changed his father Li Bian's conservative policy and began to use troops abroad on a large scale, eliminating Ma Chu and Fujian, which were in civil strife because of the dispute over succession to the throne. When he was in office, the territory of Southern Tang Dynasty was the largest. However, Li Jing's extravagance led to political corruption, and the people were dissatisfied and complained.

After 957, Zhou invaded Nantang, occupied a large area of land in Huainan of Nantang, and went straight to the Yangtze River. Excavate had to send someone to Chai Rong, Zhou Shizong, claiming the title of emperor, calling himself Tang, and using the title of Hou Zhou. His poems are very famous and his calligraphy is very good. Among them, his "small building blows through jade and calms the cold" is a famous sentence throughout the ages. Li Jing died in 19961at the age of 47. His temple name is Yuan Zong, and posthumous title is Emperor Chongde Wenxuanxiao of Ming Dow. His poems are recorded in two main languages of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In February of the second year of Song Dynasty (96 1), Li Jing went up the Yangtze River and headed for Nanchang, where he built his capital, Changchun Temple and Mingluan Road. However, ministers are homesick day and night, and Li Jing is also "unhappy". He soon became ill and died in June. Will be buried in Xishan, but Li Yu, the late master, still welcomes Zi Gong back to Jinling.

Jing Li was a good writer all his life, and his writing was subtle, profound and touching. Later generations combined his and his son Yu's works into Two Main Poems of Southern Tang Dynasty. He also loves painting and calligraphy and treats painters with courtesy. Many talented painters, such as Jin Xian Dong Yuan, Ju Ran and Xu Xi, have collected them in succession. Li Jing painted Snow Appreciation Map and Lushan Mountain Map.

Former: Father Li Bian, martyr of Nantang.

943-96 1

Succession: Li Yu, Queen of Zi Nan Tang.

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