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native (Han) Ming dynasty.

1629 Patriotic Ming general Mao Wenlong (in Deer he is the father of the Old
Whore, Mao Dongzhu) is treacherously executed in his island fortress by Marshal
Yuan Chonghuan (the father of ChaТs fictitious and legendary swordsman Yuan
Chengzhi).

1630 Yuan Chonghuan himself is executed, on charges trumped up by partisans of
the corrupt eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

1636 Rise of rebel movements in northern and central China, including that led
by Li Zicheng (General BashТem); Abahai proclaims himself Emperor of the Qing
dynasty, in the Manchu capital Mukden (presentТday Shenyang).

IMPORTANT DATES IN THE HISTORICAL BACKQROUND

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1638 Birth of Fulin (later to be the Emperor Shun Zhi), fourth son of Abahai.
1644 Rebel leader Li Zicheng enters Peking; the Emperor Chong Zhen commits
suicide; the Manchu army enters Peking, aided by the turncoat Satrap Wu and his
force of Chinese troops; beginning of the Manchu Qing dynasty proper in China
and of the reign of Shun Zhi.
1645 Massacre of Yangzhou.
1646Т1647 Manchu conquerors try to consolidate their hold over central and
southern China; Ming Princes (Pretenders) establish shortТlived refugee courts
in the South.
1654 Birth of Xuanye (later to be Emperor Kang Xi), second son of the Emperor
Shun Zhi.
1659 Coxinga, leader of the antiТManchu resistance, tries to take Nanking but
fails.
1661 Death of Empress Donggo, the Emperor Shun ZhiТs favourite consort; also
supposed death of Emperor Shun Zhi.
1662 Accession of Kang Xi. Ming Pretender Prince Gui (Emperor Yong Li) is taken
prisoner in Burma and strangled in Kunming, with the connivance of Satrap Wu.
Coxinga moves his base to Taiwan. Death of Coxinga; formation, under CoxingaТs
general, Helmsman Chen Jinnan, of the Triad Secret Society, committed to the
overthrow of the Manchus and the restoration of the Ming Imperial House.
1662Т1663 Inquisition surrounding the Ming History.
1663Т1664 Dutch fleet helps Manchus drive CoxingaТs son Zheng Jing from Fujian
to Taiwan; Manchu rule is established throughout mainland China.
1667 Kang Xi, aged thirteen, dismisses his Regents. 1669 Death of Oboi, formerly
Chief Regent.
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1673 Rebellion of Satrap Wu (Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces), Shang Zhixin
(Guangdong Province), and Geng Jingzhong (Fujian Province)-the Three
Feudatories.