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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