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Wu Sangui
Ming general who admitted Qing forces and later led the Revolt of the Three Feudatories
Mural of the event “Three Feudatories Revolt”, which this person took part in.
When the early Qing pacified the south, it enfeoffed three surrendered Han generals Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong as vassal kings, but their three-vassal power grew large and threatened the center. Emperor Kangxi resolved to withdraw the vassals and finally solve this hidden danger.
Also known as Prince Who Pacifies the West · Emperor Taizu of Zhou
Wu Sangui, born in 1612, came from Liaoxi and was a Ming general holding Shanhai Pass, made Earl of Pingxi at the end of the Chongzhen reign. After Li Zicheng took Beijing in 1644 he joined the Qing, defeated Li Zicheng at Shanhai Pass and opened the way for the Qing armies, and the Qing made him Prince Who Pacifies the West. In 1662 he had the Southern Ming Yongli Emperor strangled in Kunming. In 1673 he rose against the Qing, starting the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, and called himself Prince of Zhou; in 1678 he proclaimed himself emperor of Zhou and died of illness that year. His grandson Wu Shifan succeeded him.
Life and times
Dates c. 1612 CE–1678 CE
- 1641The Beauty that Shook the DynastiesTook part
- 1644Qing Army Enters the PassTook part
- 1644Wu Sangui Opens Shanhai Pass Gate
- 1673Three Feudatories RevoltTook part
- c. 1678Kangxi Suppresses Wu Sangui's Revolt