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The Last Stand of the Southern Ming: The Fall of Maolu Mountain and the End of an Era

The Twilight of Southern Ming Resistance As the Qing conquest of China gained momentum in the mid-17th century, the Southern […]

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The Fall of the Kuizhou Anti-Qing Stronghold: A Pivotal Chapter in Early Qing Resistance

The Crucible of Resistance: Origins of the Kuizhou Base In the turbulent early years of the Qing dynasty, ethnic tensions […]

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The Tragic Legacy of Prince Lu Zhu Yihai and the Last Stand of Ming Loyalists

The Fall of the Ming and the Rise of Southern Ming Resistance When the Ming Dynasty collapsed in 1644 under […]

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The Great Coastal Evacuation: Qing China’s Draconian Policy Against Zheng Chenggong

The Rise of Coastal Resistance In the mid-17th century, as the newly established Qing dynasty consolidated its rule over China, […]

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The Legacy of Zheng Chenggong: Nation-Building and Tragedy in 17th-Century Taiwan

The Rise of a Ming Loyalist In the turbulent mid-17th century, as the Ming dynasty crumbled before Qing forces, one […]

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The Strategic Brilliance of Koxinga: How a Ming Loyalist Liberated Taiwan from Dutch Colonization

The Rise of a Maritime Powerhouse Zheng Chenggong, better known in the West as Koxinga, emerged during one of China’s […]

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The Liberation of Taiwan: Koxinga’s Historic Campaign Against Dutch Colonialism

The Strategic Crossroads of 17th-Century East Asia In the turbulent 17th century, as the Ming Dynasty crumbled under Manchu invasions, […]

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The Last Stand of Loyalty: Li Dingguo and the Fall of the Southern Ming Resistance

The Collapse of the Ming Dynasty and Rise of Southern Ming The mid-17th century witnessed one of China’s most dramatic […]

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The Fall of the Southern Ming: The Capture and Execution of the Yongli Emperor

The Collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the Rise of the Southern Ming The mid-17th century marked a turbulent period […]

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The Fall of the Southern Ming: The Qing Pursuit of the Yongli Emperor into Burma

The Collapse of Ming Loyalist Resistance in Yunnan By 1659, the Qing dynasty had consolidated control over most of China […]

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The Tragic Flight of the Yongli Emperor: Ming Loyalists and the Burmese Refuge

The Collapse of the Southern Ming Dynasty The mid-17th century marked the death throes of China’s Ming Dynasty as Manchu […]

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The Fall of Southern Ming Resistance: Li Dingguo’s Struggle and the Collapse of Anti-Qing Strongholds in Guangxi and Guangdong (1653–1661)

The Fragile Alliance: Southern Ming’s Last Stand in the South In the turbulent decade following the Qing conquest of Beijing […]

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The Collapse of the Southern Ming: Strategic Blunders and the Fall of Yunnan

The Fragile State of the Southern Ming Court By 1659, the Southern Ming Yongli regime found itself in a desperate […]

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The Tragic Exile: The Yongli Emperor’s Flight to Burma and the Collapse of Southern Ming Resistance

The Desperate Retreat of a Doomed Court In the bitter winter of 1659, as Qing forces tightened their grip on […]

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The 1659 Yangtze Campaign: Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong’s Bold Strike Against the Qing

The Strategic Context of the Yangtze Expedition In the summer of 1659, as the Southern Ming resistance against Qing rule […]

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The Battle of Nanjing: Zheng Chenggong’s Ill-Fated Campaign Against the Qing Dynasty

The Historical Context of Zheng Chenggong’s Northern Expedition In the summer of 1659, Zheng Chenggong (also known as Koxinga), the […]

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The 1659 Siege of Nanjing: Zheng Chenggong’s Ambitious Campaign and Its Dramatic Collapse

The Rise of Zheng Chenggong and the Southern Ming Resistance The mid-17th century was a tumultuous period in Chinese history, […]

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The Yangtze River Campaign of 1660: Zheng Chenggong’s Bold Bid to Revive the Ming Dynasty

The Strategic Landscape of Late Ming Resistance In the turbulent mid-17th century, as the Qing dynasty consolidated its rule over […]

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The Battle of Mopan Mountain: Li Dingguo’s Last Stand Against the Qing Dynasty

The Collapse of the Southern Ming and the Rise of Li Dingguo By 1659, the Southern Ming dynasty was in […]

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The Chongqing Campaign of 1658: A Pivotal Moment in the Southern Ming Resistance

The Collapsing Southern Ming Dynasty As Qing forces advanced relentlessly into Guizhou and Yunnan in 1658, the Southern Ming court […]

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The Fall of the Southern Ming: Sun Kewang’s Betrayal and the Collapse of Yongli Resistance

The Fractured Southern Ming Court The Southern Ming regime, clinging to legitimacy after the fall of Beijing in 1644, faced […]

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The Rise and Fall of Sun Kewang: A Pivotal Figure in the Southern Ming Resistance

The Fractured Landscape of Late Ming China The mid-17th century witnessed one of China’s most turbulent periods as the Ming […]

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