Just as the last vestiges of the Ming are being swept away, a new round of wars will erupt to challenge Manchu suzerainty over China. From both within – as in the rebellions led by the three great feudatory lords of the south – and without – as in the challenges coming from Mongolia and Taiwan – the Kangxi Emperor’s reign, and the Qing Dynasty itself, will be tested as never before.
Time Period Covered:
~1661-1683 CE
Great Qing:
The Kangxi Emperor (Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722]
Prince Lergiyan
Gyesu, Prince Kang of the First Rank [1645-1697]
Shang Kexi, Prince of Pingnan [1604-1676]
Southern Ming:
Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui [1623-1662]
Gen. Li Dingguo [1621-1662]
Gen. Bo Wenxuan [d. 1662]
Kingdom of Tungning:
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) [1624-1662]
Zheng Jing [1642-1681]
The Three Feudatories:
Yunnan & Guizhou:
Wu Sangui “Emperor of Wu Zhou” [1612-1678]
Wu Shifan [1663-1681]
Guangdong:
Shang Zhixin “Prince Who Pacifies the South” [1636-1680]
Fujian:
Geng Jingzong, Prince of Jingnan [d. 1682]
Chahar Mongols:
Burni [d. 1675]
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