statues in huairen county, shanxi, china, commemorating li keyong (left) , abaoji s meeting. in summer 907, zhu quanzhong forced emperor ai yield throne him, ending tang dynasty. established new later liang (as emperor taizu). tang military governors @ least nominally submitted him emperor, few exceptions—li keyong, yang xingmi s son , successor yang wo (titled prince of hongnong), wang jian (titled prince of shu), , li maozhen (titled prince of qi), of whom continued use tang era names show refusal submit later liang. (wang, however, declared himself emperor of new state of shu (commonly known former shu)). in reality, li keyong s state of jin independent state, although when wang wrote him , suggested assume imperial title well, refused, claiming continued loyalty tang. later in year, met @ yun prefecture (the 1 in datong) yelü abaoji, ruler of khitan, , tried enlist yelü s aid in alliance against later liang. yelü agreed, later entered relations later liang. meanwhile, zhu sent gene...