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Chen Han Regime

Type Object Region China Time 1357–1364

Chen Han (Great Han) was a separatist regime founded by Red Turban commander Chen Youliang in the late Yuan;…

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  1. 1357–1358Jiangzhou · JiangxiIn the 17th year of Zhizheng (1357), Tianwan chancellor Ni Wenjun plotted to assassinate Xu Shouhui; subordinate general Chen Youliang killed Ni and took over his forces, held Jiangzhou, and gradually controlled the waterways of Poyang Lake and the middle Yangtze, forming an independent power.
  2. 1360Jiangzhou · JiangxiIn 1360 Chen Youliang first proclaimed himself King of Han with capital at Jiangzhou; in the intercalary fifth month, after killing Xu Shouhui at Caishi, he proclaimed himself emperor, taking the state name Great Han and the era name Dayi. He then contested the lower Yangtze with Zhu Yuanzhang, and after defeat at Longwan gradually shifted his center to Wuchang.
  3. 1361–1364Poyang Lake · JiangxiFrom 1361 Chen Han contested Huguang and Jiangxi with Zhu Yuanzhang. In 1363 it besieged Hongdu unsuccessfully; from August to October the great battle of Poyang Lake took place, and on 3 October Chen Youliang was killed by an arrow. His son Chen Li succeeded at Wuchang; in spring 1364 Wuchang was besieged again and surrendered, ending Chen Han.

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