Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by his nickname, the Dashing King, was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who helped overthrow...
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Late Ming peasant rebellions (section Li Zicheng)
he would do so out of expedience. Li Zicheng was the second son of Li Shouzhong and hailed from Mizhi, Shaanxi. Li showed an aptitude for horse archery...
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Shun dynasty (redirect from Li Shun)
and nephew of Li Zicheng Li Zijing (李自敬), general and younger brother of Li Zicheng, inherited the throne after the death of Li Zicheng Gao Jie (高傑),...
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Li Zicheng may refer to: Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 Li Zicheng (runner), Chinese athlete Li Zicheng (politician)...
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dynasty led by Zhang Xianzhong and the short-lived Shun dynasty led by Li Zicheng. Leading up to the Qing, in 1618, the Later Jin khan Nurhaci commissioned...
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Dorgon allied with former Ming general Wu Sangui to defeat rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty, allowing Dorgon and the Qing army to rapidly conquer...
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to defend the northern frontier against the Manchu. When rebels under Li Zicheng reached the capital Beijing in 1644, he committed suicide, ending the...
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Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump regimes...
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Yuanhao. In 1644, Li Zicheng, founder of the short-lived Shun dynasty, accorded the temple name "Taizu" (太祖) to Li Jiqian because Li Zicheng grew up in a village...
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strategic choke point between Manchuria and Beijing. After learning that Li Zicheng's rebel army had conquered Beijing and captured his family, including his...
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Li Zicheng (born 10 April 1990) is a Chinese athlete who competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He did not finish the race. China at the...
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incumbent Ming dynasty and the Shun dynasty founded by peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng. It eventually resulted in the collapse of the Ming dynasty. Remnants...
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suicide of the last Ming emperor, Chongzhen, after the peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng captured Beijing in 1644. The true beneficiaries of the collapse of the...
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existence following the Jiashen Incident of 1644. Peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng who founded the short-lived Shun dynasty captured Beijing and the Chongzhen...
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short-lived Shun dynasty. She was the empress of the Shun founding emperor Li Zicheng. From the beginning of the 17th century, the Ming dynasty of China was...
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the Qing dynasty. During the Ming–Qing transition, the Qing conquered Li Zicheng's Shun dynasty and various Southern Ming claimants and loyalists, going...
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Li Zicheng (Chinese: 李自成; pinyin: Lǐ Zìchéng, born May 1959) is a Chinese politician serving as deputy mayor of the city of Huaihua, Hunan. Li joined the...
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imperial capital, Beijing, fell to rebel forces led by Li Zicheng. Eventually the Ming was destroyed, Li Zhicheng's forces were defeated, and the Qing dynasty...
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Meanwhile, the rebels led by warlord Li Zicheng had been gathering strength. In the early months of 1644, Li Zicheng declared himself the founder of the...
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the contemporary Shun dynasty established by another rebellion leader Li Zicheng. The Xi dynasty was based at Chengdu since 1644 with the era name "Dashun"...
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the Qing army won a decisive victory against Li Zicheng at the Battle of Shanhai Pass on 27 May. Li Zicheng and his defeated troops looted Beijing for several...
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have been influenced by Li Zicheng's mistreatment of wealthy and cultured officials, including Li's own family; it was said that Li took Wu's concubine Chen...
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forces led by Li Zicheng captured it, and Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty, hanged himself on Jingshan Hill. Li Zicheng proclaimed himself...
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was accomplished. As Ming control disintegrated, peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng captured the Ming capital Beijing in 1644 and founded the short-lived...
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decisive victory against Li Zicheng at the Battle of Shanhai Pass on 27 May. Li's defeated troops looted Beijing for several days until Li left the capital on...
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Up to this point the Battle of Shanhai Pass between Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui had been moving in Li's favour, but the sudden appearance of the Manchu bannermen...
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leader of ancient China Shun dynasty (1644–1645), short-lived state under Li Zicheng Dashun (890–891), era name used by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dashun (1644–1646)...
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Chapters". Li Xihua (李西華; Lǐ Xīhuá) is the son of Li Yan and the Red Maiden, who were former subordinates of Li Zicheng. He attempts to kill Li Zicheng to avenge...
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early 1630s, a peasant soldier named Li Zicheng (1606–1645) mutinied with his fellow soldiers in western Shaanxi. Li's rebel forces retaliated against the...
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Wanli Emperor (redirect from Wan-Li)
1628, northern China was ravaged by war between rebellious peasants (Li Zicheng rebellion) and the government army. As a result, starving people fled...
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