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Zhu Youjian (Chongzhen Emperor)
Last emperor of the Ming Dynasty who ruled diligently for seventeen years before dying at Coal Hill
Mural of the event “Chongzhen's Last Stand”, which this person took part in.
In late Ming, the Little Ice Age climate caused successive years of great famine in the north, yet the court because of the Liaodong war added tax and forced the people, causing the Shaanbei to erupt with sky-overwhelming peasant uprising, with defense lines collapsing in and out.
Also known as Zhu Youjian · Ming Sizong · Chongzhen Di · Chongzhen · Chongzhen Emperor · Ming Yizong · Ming Zhuanglie Di
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Last emperor of the Ming Dynasty (Emperor Chongzhen), who eradicated the eunuch faction and ruled diligently. Facing widespread peasant rebellions and Qing incursions, he died by suicide on Coal Hill when Beijing fell to Li Zicheng in 1644.
Life and times
Dates 1611 CE–1644 CE
- 1624Purge of the Donglin FactionIn powerage 13
- 1627Wei Zhongxian Hangs Himself at Fuchengage 16
- 1629Chongzhen Court Proclaims the Traitors' Caseage 18
- 1644Chongzhen's Last StandTook partage 33
- 1644Li Zicheng Takes Beijing; Chongzhen Diesage 33