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Wu Sangui

Type Figure Region China Time 1612–1678 Also known as Changbai、Prince Pingxi

A general of the late Ming and early Qing, he was enfeoffed as Prince Pingxi after inviting the Qing armies through the passes and long governed Yunn…

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  1. 1661–1670Kunming, Yunnan · YunnanFrom late Shunzhi to early Kangxi, Wu Sangui as Prince Pingxi held overall military and civil authority in Yunnan and Guizhou, establishing a feudatory headquarters, appointing officials privately, and controlling the profits of salt and horses. In the 1660s he was nominally a subject of the Qing court but in fact semi-independent, and together with Shang Kexi in Guangdong and Geng Jingzhong in Fujian was known as the Three Feudatories, as tensions between the center and the feudatories grew ever sharper.

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