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EPISODE · Apr 19, 2024 · 32 MIN

#268 - Qing 13: The War of the Three Feudatories

from The History of China Podcast · host Chris Stewart

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]

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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