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MING
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1368 - 1398 |
T'ai Tsu / Chu Yüan-chang | Ruled most of southern China from 1366. Hung Wu Era. |
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1398 - 1402 |
Civil War between rival claimants. | |
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1398 - 1402 |
Hui Ti | Chien-wen Era. |
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1402 - 1425 |
Ch'eng Tsu | Yung-Lo Era. |
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1402 - 1425 |
Moves capital from Nanking (Nan-ching / Nanjing) to Peking (Pei-ching / Beijing). | |
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1425 - 1246 |
Jen Tsung | Hung-hsi Era. |
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1426 - 1436 |
Hsüan Tsung | Hsuan-te Era. |
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1436 - 1450 |
Ying Tsung | Cheng-T'ung Era. |
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1450 - 1457 |
T'ai Tsung / Ching Ti | Ching-t'ai Era. |
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1457 - 1465 |
Ying Tsung | Restored. T'ien-shun Era. |
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1465 - 1488 |
Hsien Tsung | Ch'eng-hua Era. |
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1488 - 1506 |
Hsiao Tsung | Hung-chih Era. |
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1506 - 1522 |
Wu Tsung | Cheng-te Era. |
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1522 - 1567 |
Shih Tsung | Chia-tsing Era. |
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1567 - 1573 |
Mu Tsung / Chu Tsai-hou | Lung-ch'ing Era. |
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1573 - 1620 |
Shên Tsung / Chu I-chun | Wan-Li Era. |
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1620 - 1621 |
Kuang Tsung / Chu Ch'ang-lo | T'ai-ch'ang Era. |
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1621 - 1628 |
Hsi Tsung | T'ien-ch'i Era. |
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1628 - 1644 |
Szu (Kuang) Tsung / Chu Yu-chien | Hanged himself upon Manchu approach. Ch'ung-chen Era. |
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1644 |
Pei-ching occupied by rebels, emperor commits suicide, rebels thrown out by Manchuria. Manchurian occupation. | |
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MING
(SOUTHERN) DYNASTY |
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1644 - 1645 |
Fu Wang, Prince of Fu / Chu Yu-sung | Hung-kuang Era. |
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1645 - 1646 |
Tang Wang / Chu Yü-chien | Lung-wu Era. |
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1646 - 1662 |
Yung-ming Wang / Chu Yu-lang | Yung-li Era. |
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1662 |
Emperor captured in Burma in 1661, and executed by Manchus in 1662. | |
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