Prince Regent Dorgon of Great Qing is riding high, at the height of his majesty, power, and untouchability. Why, he's even starting to think of himself as more of the ruler than the 6-year-old emperor who is his charge. Those are mighty fine wings you've got there, Icarus...

Time Period Covered:

1646-1651 CE

Major Historical Actors:

Qing:

The Shunzhi Emperor (Fulin) [r. 1663-1661]

Prince Dorgon, Regent of Great Qing [1612-1650]

Ajige, Prince Ying of the First Rank [1605-1651]

Dodo, Prince of Yu [1614-1649]

Bolo, Prince Duanzhong [1613-1652]

Hong Chengchou [1593-1665]

Jirgalang, Prince Zheng of the First Rank [1599-1655]

Haoge, Prince Su [1609-1648]

Mandahai, Prince Xunjian of the First Rank [1622-1652]

Gen. Tantai of the Plain Yellow Banner [1594-1651]

Gen. Wu Sangui, "Prince of Western Pacification" [1612-1678]

Southern Ming:

Zhu Yujian, Prince of Tang/Longwu Emperor [1602-1646]

Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu, Regent of Great Ming [1618-1662]

General Zheng Hongkui [d. 1654]

Zheng Zhilong (Nicholas Iquan Gaspard), Marquis of Tong'an [1604-1661]

Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) [1624-1662]

Other Rebel Forces:

Zhang Xianzhong, "Emperor of Xi" [r.1644-1647]

Jin Shenghuan [d. 1649]

Mi-la-yin [d. 1650]

Major Works Cited:

Dennerline, Jerry. "The Shun-chih Reign" in The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9, Part One: The Ch'ing Empire to 1800.

Struve, Lynn A. "The Southern Ming, 1644-1662" in The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7 The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, part I.

Wakeman, Frederic. The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China.

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