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Also Known As Li Chin-chung • Li Jinzhong • Wei Chung-hsien
Born 1568 • China
Died 1627 (aged 59) • China
Role In Donglin
Wu Sangui
Chinese general
Wang Zhen
Chinese eunuch
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
Xianfeng
emperor of Qing dynasty
Jiaqing
emperor of Qing dynasty
Zhao Gao
Chinese eunuch
Liu Kunyi
Liu Kunyi
Chinese official
Xiao He
Chinese government adviser
Gong Qinwang
Chinese official
Zhengde
emperor of Ming dynasty
Li Si
Chinese statesman
Fan Wencheng
Chinese minister
Sima Chengzhen
Daoist leader
Yelü Chucai
Chinese statesman
Adam Schall von Bell
German missionary
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
The Hongwu emperor; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Hongwu
emperor of Ming dynasty