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Ming Xia Regime

Type Object Region China Time 1357–1371

Ming Xia (Great Xia) was a separatist regime founded in Sichuan by Ming Yuzhen, a subordinate of Xu Shouhui's Red Turban forces, at the end of the Yu…

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  1. 1357Chongqing · ChongqingIn the seventeenth year of Zhizheng (1357), Ming Yuzhen, on Tian Wan's orders, led troops west along the Yangtze, captured Chongqing, and was appointed military and civil governor of the Sichuan region. Over the following years he fought Yuan forces holding Jiading and Chengdu, gradually controlling eastern Sichuan and expanding to most of the province.
  2. 1360–1361Chongqing · ChongqingIn 1360 Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui and declared himself emperor; Ming Yuzhen refused to submit, styled himself 'Ming Lord' and independently assumed the title Prince of Long-Shu, governing independently from Chongqing, establishing offices and shifting from mobile warfare to regional separatism.
  3. 1362–1371Chongqing · ChongqingIn 1362 Ming Yuzhen declared himself emperor in Chongqing under the state name Great Xia; the Tiantong era name is generally counted from the first month of 1363. The capital remained Chongqing throughout. Ming Yuzhen died of illness in 1366 and his young son Ming Sheng succeeded him. In 1371 Ming forces entered Sichuan by two routes, Ming Sheng surrendered in Chongqing, and Great Xia fell.

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