Wu Xiang (Ming general)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Xiang (Chinese: 吳襄; pinyin: Wú Xiāng; died 1644) was a general of the Ming Dynasty and the father of Wu Sangui.

Biography

He was reprimanded by the Ming court in the 1630s for failing to join the fight against Nurhaci.[1] The ruling forces of the short-lived Shun Dynasty of late Imperial China took over his house. This contributed to the general's decision to oppose that regime, and hastened its downfall.[2] Wu Sangui was also driven to formally support the Qing Dynasty forces over those of the Shun after Wu Xiang was executed by Li Zicheng.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Crossley, Pamela Kyle (1999). A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-520-23424-3.
  2. ↑ Forges, Roger (2003). Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan. California: Stanford University Press. p. 307. ISBN 0-8047-4044-5.
  3. ↑ Peterson, Barbara Bennett (2000). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. M.E. Sharpe. p. 332. ISBN 0-7656-0504-X.