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Also known as Changbai, Anfuyuan, Changbo, Ng Sam Kwai

Chinese general and rebel (1612-1678)

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Key facts

Reign
March 1678 – 2 October 1678
Successor
Wu Shifan
Born
( 1612-06-08 ) 8 June 1612, Suizhong , Liaoxi, Ming dynasty
Died
2 October 1678 (1678-10-02) (aged 66), Hengyang , Hunan, Qing dynasty
Consorts
Empress Zhang, Chen Yuanyuan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Wu
Gender
male
Place of birth
Suizhong County
Place of death
Hengyang
Occupation
monarch
Position held
emperor
Languages spoken
Chinese
Military rank
general
Image
Wu Sangui.jpg
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courtesy name
長伯
date of birth
1612-01-01
date of death
1678-10-02
cause of death
dysentery
described by source
Draft History of Qing
Commons category
Wu Sangui
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

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Wu Sangui (Chinese: 吳三桂; pinyin: Wú Sānguì; Wade–Giles: Wu San-kuei; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy name Changbai (長白) or Changbo (長伯), was a Chinese military leader who played a key role in the fall of the Ming dynasty and the founding of the Qing dynasty. In Chinese folklore, Wu Sangui is regarded as a disreputable Han Chinese traitor for his defection over to the Manchu invaders, suppression of the Southern Ming resistance and execution of the Yongli Emperor. Wu eventually double-crossed both of his masters, the Ming and the Qing dynasties.

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