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Li Zicheng
1606Sep, 22

Li Zicheng

Li Zicheng, Chinese emperor (d. 1645)
Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by the nickname, Dashing King, was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the emperor of the short-lived Shun dynasty before his death a year later.

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