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Qi Jiguang

Type Figure Region China Time 1528–1588 Also known as Qi Yuanjing、Qi Nantang

Famous Ming military strategist and national hero. He raised and trained the Qi Family Army during the anti-wokou campaigns in the southeast, winning…

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  1. 1555–1567Taizhou · TaizhouFighting the wokou along the southeast coast, he recruited Yiwu miners and farmers to form the Qi Family Army and devised the mandarin-duck formation. Winning nine victories including the great battle at Taizhou, he essentially pacified the wokou in Zhejiang and Fujian and was later honored as a national hero.
  2. 1567–1585Jizhen · JizhenDuring the Longqing reign he was transferred to Jizhen, where he cooperated with Zhang Juzheng to build Great Wall watchtowers and train chariot camps, strengthening northern frontier defenses. In the Wanli era he was impeached and dismissed after Zhang Juzheng's death, dying in poverty and illness in his later years.

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