| Li Zicheng 李自成 | |||||||||
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| Emperor of the Shun dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 1644–1645 | ||||||||
| Enthronement | 8 February 1644 Xi'an 3 June 1644 Hall of Martial Valor, Shuntian Prefecture | ||||||||
| Successor | Li Zijing | ||||||||
| Emperor of China (disputed) | |||||||||
| Reign | 1644–1645 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Chongzhen Emperor (Ming dynasty) | ||||||||
| Successor | Shunzhi Emperor (Qing dynasty) | ||||||||
| Born | Li Hongji (李鴻基) 22 September 1606 Li Jiqian village, Yan'an prefecture, northeast Shaanxi, Ming dynasty | ||||||||
| Died | 1645 (aged 38–39) border of Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, Qing dynasty | ||||||||
| Spouse | Gao Guiying | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Shun | ||||||||
| Li Zicheng | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李自成 | ||||||||||
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| Li Hongji | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李鴻基 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李鸿基 | ||||||||||
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| Dashing King | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 闖王 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 闯王 | ||||||||||
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Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645[1]), born Li Hongji, also known by his nickname, the Dashing King,[2] was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who helped overthrow the Ming dynasty in April 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the Yongchang Emperor (Chinese: 永昌帝; pinyin: Yǒngchāng Dì) of the short-lived Shun dynasty before his death a year later.
- ^ The Chinese Wikipedia article on Li Zicheng gave his death date as 17 May 1645.
- ^ Des Forges, Roger V. (2003). Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History : Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 206, 209. ISBN 0-8047-4044-5.