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Guo Ying

Type Figure Region China Time 1335–1403 Also known as Marquis of Wuding、Duke of Ying

Guo Ying (1335–1403) of Haozhou was a Ming founding general who fought Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, pacified the Central Plains and Yunnan, was …

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  1. 1356–1369Haozhou (present-day Fengyang, Anhui) · AnhuiGuo Ying and his brother Guo Xing both joined Zhu Yuanzhang, taking part in the Battle of Poyang Lake and the campaigns destroying Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, repeatedly distinguishing themselves. His sister later became Consort Ning of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Guo Ying thereby enjoyed exceptional favor among the meritorious officials.
  2. 1371–1380Yingtian Prefecture (Nanjing) · JiangsuIn the 1370s Guo Ying continued to take part in early Ming military affairs, campaigning north and west, and was made Marquis of Wuding in 1384. During this period, as a core meritorious official, he attended court assemblies and military councils and managed frontier deployments, making him an important founding general of mid-Hongwu.
  3. 1384–1403Fengyang Prefecture · AnhuiAfter being made Marquis of Wuding, Guo Ying was additionally titled General Pacifying the Sea and Right Vice General Campaigning Against the Barbarians, and assisted Geng Bingwen in defending Shaanxi. During the Jianwen reign he took part in the Jingnan Campaign, was later dismissed and returned home, and died at Fengyang in the first year of Yongle at the age of sixty-nine.

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