Kong Xun

Who is Kong Xun?

Kong Xun, known early in his life as Zhao Yinheng, also having used surnames of Li and Zhu early in life, was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period states Later Liang Dynasty and Later Tang Dynasty. He became prominent during the reign of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang due to his alliance with Emperor Mingzong's trusted advisor An Chonghui, but later had a fallout with An, was ejected from the central government, and would not return to it toward the end of his life.