Shang Kexi was a chinese

China

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 general of the Ming

Ming Dynasty

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 and Qing

Qing Dynasty

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 Dynasties. His family had migrated to Liaodong in 1576 and his father, Shangxue Li, served in the army guarding the northeast frontier. As his father did, Shang Kexi joined the army and guarded the frontier against the attack of the Jurchens. With the decay and fall of the Ming Emperors, Shang Kexi sought better fortune in the service of the Manchu Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

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 and he was one of the most powerful generals that surrendered to the Qing. He fought for the Qing in Southern China and established his power in Guangdong

Guangdong

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 where he ruled the territory as his own domain amassing wealth and possessing a trained army.

In 1673 a war

Revolt of the Three Feudatories

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 between the Emperor

Kangxi Emperor

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 and the powerful Han

Han people

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 princes, Wu Sangui

Wu Sangui

Wu Sangui was a Ming Chinese general who was instrumental in the succession of rule to the Qing Dynasty in 1644...

 and Geng Jingzhong, started when they opposed the Emperor's plan of resettling them in Manchuria

Manchuria

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. Shang remained loyal to the Qing and took no part in the rebellion. Shang died in 1676 and was succeded by his son Shang Zhixin who rebelled shortly after but was defeated by the Manchus in 1677.