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Li Zicheng was a peasant rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and ruled over northern China as the Shun emperor. He was defeated and killed by the Manchus in 1645, ending the short-lived Shun dynasty.
Li Zicheng was a Chinese rebel leader who dethroned Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). A local village leader, Li joined the rebel cause in 1630 following a great famine that had caused much unrest in the northern part of the country.
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Li Zicheng was a peasant rebel who led a successful attack on Beijing in 1644, proclaiming himself the new Emperor of China. He founded the Shun Dynasty, but it lasted only one year before the Manchu forces captured and executed him.
Li Zicheng was a rebel leader who captured Beijing and declared himself the first emperor of the Shun Dynasty in 1644. He was defeated by the Manchus, who established the Qing Dynasty and ruled China for the next three centuries.
Li Zicheng was a peasant rebel who captured Beijing in 1644 and ended the Ming dynasty. He was the son of a shepherd and a horse archer, and rose to power in Shaanxi amid natural disasters and war with the Later Jin.
- 1628-1644
- Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and Henan
Li Zicheng was a Chinese Uprising leader who entered and conquered Beijing in 1644. He became the Emperor of the Shun Dynasty, but his dynasty was short-lived and he was defeated by Manchus in 1645.
Jun 2, 2021 · Learn how Li Zicheng, a peasant rebel leader, occupied Beijing in 1644 and sparked a civil war that led to the rise of the Qing dynasty. Find out how he was defeated by a Ming-Qing alliance and burned the Forbidden City.
