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    Liao Chongzhen (Chinese: 廖崇真; 25 May 1898 – 12 September 1971), also known as Chan Sung Liu, was a Chinese government official and president of the College...
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    and Her Daughter". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2022. "Liao Chongzhen - A bright candle of humanity". YouTube. November 2, 2015. "Radiant...
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    Wah College), and she served as its president for over 20 years. 廖崇真 (Liao Chongzhen) (4) was a Chinese government official and president of the College...
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  • Chicago and returned to Shanghai in 1916. Another early adherent, Mr. Liao Chongzhen (also transliterated as Chan Sung Liu), heard of the Baháʼí Faith while...
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    Taichang Emperor's line: one peerage, absorbed into the crown (Chongzhen Emperor) Chongzhen Emperor's line: two peerages, both of them abolished By Longwu...
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  • Wall expanded southward and made the city a capital of their dynasties, the Liao and Jin. When Kublai Khan made Dadu the capital of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty...
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    Datong, Xuanfu, and Juyong Pass all surrendered without a fight, and the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself on 25 April as the Shun army entered Beijing. At...
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    Zicheng's army in. After the fall of Beijing, the last Ming ruler, the Chongzhen Emperor, committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree near the Forbidden...
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    dynasty concubine of the Taichang Emperor and biological mother of the Chongzhen Emperor. Lady Liu became a concubine of Zhu Changluo when he was the crown...
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  • Gaozu of Later Han Liao dynasty and Western Liao The Liao dynasty and the Western Liao were ruled by the House of Yelü The Western Liao founder, the Emperor...
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  • clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Chongzhen Emperor. She is commonly referred to as Empress Zhou. Empress Zhou originated...
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    arrested and executed by lingchi ("slow slicing") on the order of the Chongzhen Emperor under false charges of treason, which were believed to have been...
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    Founded 23 January 1368, 656 years ago Founder Hongwu Emperor Final ruler Chongzhen Emperor (Ming dynasty) Yongli Emperor (Southern Ming) Titles Duke of Wu...
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    • Established in Xi'an 8 February 1644 • Captured Beijing/Death of the Chongzhen Emperor April 1644 • Proclamation as the Yongchang Emperor 3 June 1644...
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    from an old rumor that the emperors kept a hidden stash in the park. The Chongzhen Emperor, the last ruler of the Ming dynasty, committed suicide by hanging...
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    the Mongol rulers. The ambivalence persisted into later times, and the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty, acting on the advice of his ministers, banned...
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  • conquest. Li Zicheng's peasant rebellion captured Beijing in 1644 and the Chongzhen Emperor, the last Ming emperor, committed suicide. The Manchus allied...
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    This has been identified as a Western Liao coin dating to the Tianxi era (1178–1218) of the last Western Liao emperor. The Tangut Western Xia dynasty...
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  • proclaimed the establishment of the Shun dynasty. The last Ming ruler, the Chongzhen Emperor, died by suicide by hanging himself when the city fell. When Li...
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    Khitan language, as the penal meaning of the word emerged during the Khitan Liao dynasty. The process involved tying the condemned prisoner to a wooden frame...
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    and it was said that "grains of rice became as precious as pearls." The Chongzhen Emperor's petty and mercurial ways exacerbated the situation by constantly...
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    Ming reign periods, as when a scholar marked 1861 as "the 234th year of Chongzhen." Under Hong Taiji, the Later Jin dynasty and its successor Qing dynasty...
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    captured by a coalition of peasant rebel forces led by Li Zicheng. The Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide when the city fell. The Manchu Qing dynasty...
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  • continued by the Chongzhen Emperor upon his ascension to the throne. Also used by Joseon and the Second Shō dynasty of Ryūkyū Kingdom. Chongzhen Emperor (r...
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    battle-hardened troops, the death of Yuan Chonghuan at the hands of the Chongzhen Emperor (who mistakenly thought Yuan had betrayed him), and the complete...
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  • Year Prince consort Princess Mother References Zhu Zhi, Prince Jian of Liao (辽简王朱植) 1428 Zhao Qing (赵庆) Princess of Jiangling commandery (江陵郡主) NN 1433...
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    a minor Ming dynasty official turned leader of a peasant revolt. The Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide when the city fell, marking the official end...
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    Zicheng who founded the short-lived Shun dynasty captured Beijing and the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide. The Ming general Wu Sangui then opened the...
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    calamity, pestilence, rebellion, and foreign invasion came to a peak. The Chongzhen Emperor (r. 1627–44) had Wei dismissed from court, which led to Wei's...
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    revolt and then proclaimed the Shun dynasty. The last Ming emperor, the Chongzhen Emperor, hanged himself from the Zuihuai tree in the imperial garden outside...
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