Shatuo people belong to nomadic people, and there are not many records about them in history, and it is impossible to systematically study their origin and inheritance. However, in the history of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Shatuo people did produce some heavyweights.
During the period, the Shatuo people were given the national surname-Li for helping the Tang Dynasty suppress the uprising, just as the Tangut Li Yin was given the title of Li by Emperor Taizong.
Li, Keyong Li, Li
Li's real name is Zhu Xie's pure heart. He attacked his father's position and worshipped the satrap of Yinshan Mountain. He was named Li because he helped suppress the peasant uprising in the Tang Dynasty. Li has a son named Li Keyong, whose reputation is obviously better than his father's.
Li Keyong was all-powerful at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and made great contributions to the suppression of Huang Chao uprising. Besides, Li Keyong also led the troops several times. In my opinion, Li Keyong should be regarded as a loyal minister in the late Tang Dynasty. The "dispute between Liang and Jin" between him and Zhu Wen became the most important confrontation at that time. After Li Keyong established Liang as emperor in Zhu Wen, he still used the title of Tang Dynasty.
Li, the son of Li Keyong, succeeded to the throne of Hedong as the King of Jin after Li Keyong's death. In 923 AD, he proclaimed himself emperor, taking "Tang" as the title, which was called "Late Tang" in history.
After that, three generations of Li's grandparents and grandchildren, the founders of the late Tang Dynasty, introduced a famous Shatuo celebrity-Shi Jingtang.
Shi Jingtang is notorious in the history of China. Because he ceded sixteen continents, the Central Plains Dynasty lost its northern barrier and the Song Dynasty suffered humiliation, so Shi Jingtang was called a sinner of the Chinese nation.
Shi Jingtang was originally under the account of Li Keyong's adopted son Li Siyuan, and was gradually promoted because of his working relationship. Until we were in Hedong, Zhao Guogong rebelled in Shi Jingtang in 936, and established the Qidan army in the late Tang Dynasty on the condition of ceding sixteen continents.
After Emperor Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan
Shi Jingtang's general, Liu Zhiyuan, once assisted Shi Jingtang to proclaim himself emperor, and became increasingly prominent because of his success. After the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan and established the "Later Han Dynasty".
After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the records about the Shatuo people gradually disappeared in the long river of history.